Flowers in Amber

Flowers in Amber
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9783031090448
ISBN-13 : 3031090446
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Book Synopsis Flowers in Amber by : George Poinar

Download or read book Flowers in Amber written by George Poinar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much attention has been given to animal life in amber, the remains of a variety of plants, including angiosperm flowers, also exist in fossilized resin. Presented here is a pictorial synopsis of 94 flowers that occur in four major amber deposits around the world. These deposits are from Burma (Myanmar), the Baltic area, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, and range in age from the mid-Cretaceous to the mid-Tertiary. The basic features of these flowers are presented and their relationship with existing plant lineages discussed. This work will be of interest to amber enthusiasts, plant taxonomists, plant morphologists, plant ecologists, plant evolutionists and plant paleontologists.


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