Table of Contents
Earliest Evidence of Flowering Plants
Impression
Compression
Information from Compression/ Impression Fossils
Mold and cast
Information obtained from mold and cast
Permineralization
Information obtained from permineralized samples
Peels
Peels
Replacement
Unaltered plant remains
The earliest fossils of angiosperms
Pollen Terminology
The Earliest Pollen
Clavatipollenites
Crinopolles
Progression of early pollen types
Clavatipollenites
Macrofossils
Macrofossils that have been eliminated
Bevhalstia
Aptian Herbaceous Plant
PPT Slide
Flower associated with Clavatipollenites
Chloranthaceae
Fruit associated with Clavatipollenites-type pollen
Chloranthaceae
Asteropollis associated flowers
Nymphaeales
Piperales
Conclusion - The First Angiosperms
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