Dispersed Angiosperm Cuticles

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dc.contributor.authorUpchurch, Garland R.
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-07T21:32:18Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:03:17Z
dc.date.issued1989-08-07
dc.descriptionPhytodebris, Notes for a Workshop on the Study of Fragmentary Plant Remains. Organized and edited by Bruce H. Tifhey for the meeting of the Paleobotanical Section of the Botanical Society of America, Toronto, Canada, August 6, 1989, pp. 65-92.
dc.description.abstractDispersed leaf cuticles are the second most abundant component of the angiosperm fossil record, but the study of dispersed angiosperm cuticles is still in its infancy. This paper reviews previous studies of dispersed angiosperm cuticles and discusses important features of cuticular anatomy and the occurrence of dispersed cuticles in the rock record. The stratigraphic density of dispersed cuticles is second only to that of pollen and spores, and dispersed cuticles more closely reflect local flora than palynomorphs. This means that dispersed cuticles are best suited to studies that require both greater facies resolution than what is obtainable for palynomorphs and greater sampling density than what is obtainable for megafossils. Reconstruction of paleocommunities/paleovegetation has been the most common use of dispersed cuticles, but other potentially productive uses include the reconstruction of paleofloras and analyses of angiosperm diversification and extinction.
dc.description.departmentBiology
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dc.format.extent29 pages
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dc.identifier.citationUpchurch, G. R. (1989). Dispersed angiosperm cuticles. Meeting of the Paleobotanical Section of the Botanical Society of America, Toronto, Canada, pp. 65-92.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/2568
dc.language.isoen
dc.sourceMeeting of the Paleobotanical Section of the Botanical Society of America, 1989, Toronto, Canada, pp. 65-92.
dc.subjectphytodebris
dc.subjectcuticle
dc.subjectangiosperm
dc.subjectpaleoecology
dc.subjectpaleobotany
dc.subjectcretaceous
dc.subjectcenozoic
dc.subjectBiology
dc.titleDispersed Angiosperm Cuticles
dc.typeArticle

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