Fossil Plants

The Paleobotany Collection spans 3.8 billion years of history but has its major strengths in the Late Paleozoic and Cretaceous-Paleogene. Current research focuses on the evolution of fire systems in deep time, with emphasis on this phenomenon in coal-forming environments and its impact on Earth system processes, particularly fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen concentrations throughout the Phanerozoic.

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