George Poinar: Flowers in Amber

Cover: 9783031090431 | Flowers in Amber | George Poinar | Buch | Fascinating Life Sciences

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

George Poinar has studied amber for many years and he and his wife Roberta founded "The Amber Institute" that provided information and identifications of amber inclusions. The Institute was closed after the Poinars left UC Berkeley and went to Oregon State University. A paper written by the Poinars showed Michel Crichton a way to bring back dinosaurs in his book "Jurassic Park". After studying animals in amber, Poinar and his colleagues began investigating flowers. The descriptions of all amber flowers, including those of the trees that produced Dominican and Mexican amber, are summarized in the present work.

Zusammenfassung

Provides a summary of all known descriptions of ancient flowers

Shows mid-Cretaceous diversifying flowers with characters unknown today

Provides ancestors to genera of our plants today

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- The miracle of amber.- Floral characteristics.- Chapter1. Burmese amber flowers.- Chapter2. Baltic amber flowers.- Chapter3. Dominican amber flowers.- Chapter4. Mexican amber flowers.- General conclusions.- References.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Fachbereich:	Botanik
Genre:	Biologie , Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Fascinating Life Sciences
Inhalt:	xv 215 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 215 p. 1 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783031090431
ISBN-10:	3031090438
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Poinar, George
Auflage:	1st ed. 2022
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Fascinating Life Sciences
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße:	241 x 160 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	George Poinar
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.08.2022
Gewicht:	0,56 kg

Artikel-ID: 121673801