Premise of research. Secondary phloem produced by a bifacial vascular cambium is the distinctive feature of lignophytes, the group that comprises the seed plants and the progymnosperms. Because ...

THE study of British Carboniferous plants will be stimulated and advanced by Dr. R. Crookall's book. Dr. Crookall is palæobotanist to the Geological Survey of Great Britain and is also in charge of ...

Fossil groups of ancient plants that grew more than 300 million years ago were recently discovered in Shiyan, Hubei province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Zhao said the Carboniferous Period ...

A study reveals how the Sigillaria brardii species -- a fossil plant typical of peatlands and abundant in the flora of Europe and North America during the Upper Carboniferous -- colonized new areas in ...

Dominated by carbon-rich swamps and forests proliferating across Earth's rocky surface, the Carboniferous period saw a boost in atmospheric oxygen and vast quantities of carbon dioxide trapped in what ...

A study reveals how the Sigillaria brardii species —a fossil plant typical of peatlands and abundant in the flora of Europe and North America during the Upper Carboniferous— colonised new areas in the ...

This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

Coal. It powered the industrial revolution and fueled the early development of the science of geology. When the geologic time periods were being named, mainly in Great Britain, the time during which ...

This study was led by Dr. Daofu SONG (State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing) and his team. They collected cutinite-rich coals from the ...