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Fagus sylvatica pliocenica MHNT.PAL.VEG.2002.31
A leaf fossil of the European beech (Fagus sylvatica) from the late Pliocene of France, approximately 3 million years ago

Paleobotany is a science that is part of paleontology. Paleobotanists look for and identify plant fossils from the distant past. Paleobotany is also about trying to understand past environments and the history of agriculture. Fossil pollen and spores are important for studying the history of plants. Micropaleontology and palynology both include studying fossil plant pollen and spores.

Related pages

  • Coal, a black rock, and a solid fossil fuel formed from fossil plants
  • Coal balls, plant remains form strange balls in coal deposits, but are not made of coal
  • Rhynie chert, a fossil deposit with extraordinary plant fossils


Images for kids

  • Betula leopoldae SRIC SR02-22-19

    A fossil Betula leopoldae (birch) leaf from the Early Eocene of Washington state, approximately 49 million years ago

  • Rhynie chert

    An unpolished hand sample of the Lower Devonian Rhynie Chert from Scotland

  • Gingkoites huttoni 1

    Ginkgoites huttonii, Middle Jurassic, Yorkshire, UK. Leaves preserved as compressions. Specimen in Munich Palaeontological Museum, Germany.

  • Lycopod axis

    Lycopod axis (branch) from the Middle Devonian of Wisconsin.

  • StigmariaOhioPennsylvanian

    Stigmaria, a common fossil tree root. Upper Carboniferous of northeastern Ohio.

  • LepidodendronOhio

    External mold of Lepidodendron from the Upper Carboniferous of Ohio.

See also

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