The Dawn Angiosperms

Uncovering the Origin of Flowering Plants

Xin Wang (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXVII, 407 Seiten

2018 | 2. Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-86377-1 (ISBN)

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This book about fossil plants of prehistoric angiosperms offers the newest research on their origin. It emphasizes the early Cretaceous and Jurassic materials and integrates multiple techniques to study the morphology, anatomy and phylogeny of the fossils.

This book discusses the controversial and conflicting hypotheses on the origin of angiosperms, which was generally assumed to be restricted to the Cretaceous and later ages. Since publishing the first edition of "The Dawn of Angiosperms" in 2010, several important advances have been made in this field of science, namely 1) the discovery of new fossil angiosperms from the Jurassic; 2) European researchers discovering angiosperm-like pollen from the Triassic; and most importantly 3) the discovery of a perfect flower from the Jurassic. All of these findings are at odds with the currently widely accepted evolutionary theories, and thus call upon us to critically reassess botanical theory.

Accordingly, the new edition of this book not only includes more new fossil taxa, but also documents them in greater detail and corrects many commonly held misconceptions. In so doing, it makes related studies and teaching on the early history of angiosperms more realistic, concrete, andtangible, providing concrete fossil evidence as the basis for future research, and helping to distinguish the most accurate botanical hypotheses.

Introduction.- Suggested angiosperm ancestors.- Angiosperms: characters and criteria.- Background for the plant fossils.- Flowers from the Early Cretaceous.- Flower-related fossils from the Jurassic.- Problematic fossils.- Making of the flower.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Springer Geology
Zusatzinfo	XXVII, 407 p. 165 illus., 27 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	7348 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
Schlagworte	Angiospermae • historical geology • Jiulongshan Flora • Jurassic angiosperms • Mesozoic fossil plants • Yixian Flora
ISBN-10	3-319-86377-0 / 3319863770
ISBN-13	978-3-319-86377-1 / 9783319863771
Zustand	Neuware