Cleal, C.J., Thomas, B.A., Batten, D.J. & Collinson, M.E. 2001. Mesozoic and Tertiary Palaeobotany of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 22, JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 1 86107 489 1.
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Title page and preliminariesAcknowledgements
Access to the countryside
Conserving our fossil heritage — JNCC policy statement
Preface N.V Ellis
1 Introduction to the Mesozoic and Tertiary palaeobotany of Great Britain C.J. Cleal and B.A. Thomas
Overview
Introduction
Mesozoic–Tertiary vegetational history
Palaeobotanical problems
The systematics of the Plant Kingdom
The selection of Mesozoic–Tertiary palaeobotany GCR sites
2 The Triassic palaeobotany of Great Britain B.A. Thomas and D.J. Batten
Introduction
History of research
Palaeogeographical and stratigraphical setting
Triassic vegetation
Triassic palaeobotanical sites in Britain
3 The Jurassic palaeobotany of Yorkshire B.A. Thomas and D.J. Batten
Introduction
History of research
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Yorkshire Jurassic vegetation
Palaeobotanical sites in the Yorkshire Jurassic succession
Beast Cliff (Robin Hood's Bay)
Red Cliff (Gristhorpe Bay/Cayton Bay)
4 The Jurassic palaeobotany of southern England C.J. Cleat, B.A. Thomas and D.J. Batten
Introduction
History of research
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Jurassic vegetation in southern England
Palaeobotanical sites in the Jurassic rocks of southern England
Maggot, Kingbarrow and Waycroft quarries
5 The Jurassic palaeobotany of Scotland B.A. Thomas and DJ. Batten
Introduction
History of research
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Jurassic vegetation in Scotland
Palaeobotanical sites in the Jurassic rocks of Scotland
6 The Cretaceous palaeobotany of Great Britain B.A. Thomas and D.J. Batten
Introduction
History of research
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Early Cretaceous vegetation
Cretaceous palaeobotanical sites in Britain
7 The palaeobotany of the Palaeocene and Palaeocene–Eocene transitional strata in Great Britain M.E. Collinson and C.J. Cleal
Introduction
History of research
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Palaeocene and Palaeocene–Eocene transitional vegetation
Palaeobotanical sites in the Palaeocene and Palaeocene–Eocene transition of Britain
8 Early and early–middle Eocene (Ypresian–Lutetian) palaeobotany of Great Britain M.E. Collinson and C.J. Cleal
Introduction
History of research
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Early and early middle Eocene vegetation
Early and early middle Eocene palaeobotanical sites in Britain
9 Late middle Eocene–early Oligocene (Bartonian–Rupelian) and Miocene palaeobotany of Great Britain M.E. Collinson and C.J. Cleal
Introduction
History of research
Palaeogeographical setting
Stratigraphical background
Post-Lutetian vegetation
Post-Lutetian palaeobotanical sites in Britain
General index