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- Offers a comprehensive history, for the first time documenting Pre-Cretaceous angiosperms, and showing the diversity of angiosperms in the Jurassic
- Presents a new theory on flower-making that corrects misconceptions
- Contains numerous pictures to illustrate fossil plants
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Geology (SPRINGERGEOL)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, China
Xin Wang
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Dawn Angiosperms
Book Subtitle: Uncovering the Origin of Flowering Plants
Authors: Xin Wang
Series Title: Springer Geology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58325-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58324-2Published: 14 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86377-1Published: 12 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58325-9Published: 02 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2197-9545
Series E-ISSN: 2197-9553
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXVII, 407
Number of Illustrations: 138 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Paleontology, Historical Geology, Evolutionary Biology, Plant Physiology