Paleophysiology of Permian and Triassic Seed Plants

• Main Author: Schwendemann, Andrew Benjamin
• Other Authors: Taylor, Thomas N., Crawford, Daniel, Gonzalez, Luis, Martin, Craig, Taylor, Edith L., Ward, Joy
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Kansas 2012
• Subjects: Plant biology; Paleontology; Geobiology; Antarctica; Climate; Fossils; Gondwana; Leaf; Physiology; Glossopteris; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10262; http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12343

This study utilized both anatomically and morphologically preserved fossil plants to investigate plant paleophysiology using known form/function relationships. The fossils examined in this project come from fossil localities ideal for studying various paleophysiological relationships. At the beginni...