The fossil record of monocotyledons is reviewed in order to determine the families actually
represented by fossils and their stratigraphic ranges. In providing this information, attention …

This text, written by a leading researcher in the field, describes the origin and formation of
lakes in order to give context to the question of how lacustrine deposits form. It explains the …

The transition from the Cretaceous to the Tertiary marks a time of sig-nificant modernization
in the history of flowering plants. During this interval, a wide range of extant families and …

Global climate during the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic is thought to have been warmer
than at present, but there is debate about winter temperatures. Paleontological data indicate …

A systematic analysis of the Melastomataceae, a pantropical family of about 4200–4500
species in c. 166 genera, and their traditional allies, the Memecylaceae, with c. 430 species …

The early Eocene" equable climate problem", ie warm extratropical annual mean and above-
freezing winter temperatures evidenced by proxy records, has remained as one of the great …

Abstract The Coexistence Approach was established by Mosbrugger and Utescher (1997)
as a plant-based method to reconstruct palaeoclimate by considering recent climatic …

In the tradition of GG Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of
Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious KT …

There are many methods for inferring terrestrial palaeoclimates from palaeontological data,
including the size and species diversity of ectothermic vertebrates, the locomotor and dental …

Structural similarities of the kaolin and serpentine minerals bring together in one taxonomic
group two classes of minerals with contrasting chemical properties. Halloysite, with two …