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An unpolished hand sample of the Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert from Scotland.

Paleobotany, also spelled as palaeobotany (from the Greek words paleon = old and "botany", study of plants), is the branch of paleontology or paleobiology dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their use for the biological reconstruction of past environments (paleogeography), and both the evolutionary history of plants, with a bearing upon the evolution of life in general. A synonym is paleophytology. Paleobotany includes the study of terrestrial plant fossils, as well as the study of prehistoric marine photoautotrophs, such as photosynthetic algae, seaweeds or kelp. A closely related field is palynology, which is the study of fossilized and extant spores and pollen.

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• Related: Cryptospores, Evolutionary history of plants, Prehistoric life, Timeline of plant evolution

International Organisation of Paleobotany International Organisation of Paleobotany www.palaeobotany.org - Web

Botanical Society of America - Paleobotanical Sect... Botanical Society of America - Paleobotanical Section www.dartmouth.edu/~daghlian/paleo/ - Web

Paleobotany Research Group, University Münster, Ge... Paleobotany Research Group, University Münster, Germany. www.uni-muenster.de/GeoPalaeontologie/Palaeo/Palbot/ebot.html - Web

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The Biota of Early Terrestrial Ecosystems: The Rhy... The Biota of Early Terrestrial Ecosystems: The Rhynie Chert, University of Aberdeen, UK. www.abdn.ac.uk/rhynie/ - Web

Bibliography of Paleobotany Bibliography of Paleobotany paleobotany.bio.ku.edu/BiblioOfPaleo.htm - Web

The Sternberg Project The Sternberg Project www.univie.ac.at/sternberg/ - Web

Paleobotany - 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica articl... Paleobotany - 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica article www.1911encyclopedia.org/P/PA/PALAEOBOTANY.htm - Web

PaleoNet - listservs and links related to paleonto... PaleoNet - listservs and links related to paleontology www.nhm.ac.uk/paleonet/ - Web

Jurassic Park plants Jurassic Park plants waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0803.htm - Web

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