Overview
- Presents the evolution of terrestrial plants recorded in Brazilian sedimentary rocks over the last 400 million years
- Ranges from the first evidence of terrestrial plants in the South American lowlands until its Quaternary floras
- Discusses paleoenviromental and paleoclimatic significance of these evidences and includes palinological records
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Keywords
- paleobotany
- plant fossils
- palynoflora
- palynology
- paleoecology
- paleoclimatology
- paleoclimate
- paleobiogeography
- Gondwana
- South America
About this book
This book will cover the entire evolutionary history that the terrestrial plants have recorded in Brazilian sedimentary rocks, ranging from the first vestiges of terrestrial environments colonization about 400 million years ago, until reaching the eve of the present time, when the current vegetation formations were organizing to reach their current distribution in modern biomes. At present Brazil is home to the world’s greatest plant biodiversity and we aim to offer here an opportunity to appreciate how this floral biodiversity originated and developed in these lowlands of South America, through chapters elaborated by the best Brazilian and foreign experts who dedicate to elucidate the evolution of the ancient flora in this part of the planet.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ronny Rößler is a German geologist, holds a PhD from Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg where he became an honorary professor in 2017. Director of the Museum of Natural History at Chemnitz since 1995, he is also one of the editors-in-chief of the journal Palaeontographica B and served in the advisory board of the Paleontological Society from 2008 to 2010.
Lutz Kunzmann is a German paleontologist and holds a PhD from the Humboldt University. Head of section and curator of paleobotany at Senckenbert Natural History Collections since 1994, he is currently the treasurer of the International Organisation of Palaeobotany and one of the editors-in-chief of Palaeontographica B.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Brazilian Paleofloras
Book Subtitle: From Paleozoic to Holocene
Editors: Roberto Iannuzzi, Ronny Rößler, Lutz Kunzmann
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-22525-4Due: 23 October 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-22526-1Due: 23 October 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Illustrations: 200 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour