Cleal, C.J. & Thomas, B.A. 1995. Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 9. JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 0 412 61090 6. The original source material for these web pages has been made available by the JNCC under the Open Government Licence 3.0. Full details in the JNCC Open Data Policy

Palaeozoic Palaeobotany of Great Britain

Contents

Title page and preliminaries

Contents

Acknowledgements

Access to the countryside

Preface

1 Introduction

Palaeozoic vegetational history

Palaeobotanical problems

The systematics of the Plant Kingdom

The choice of GCR sites

2 History of research on British plant fossils

Silurian

Devonian

Lower Carboniferous

Upper Carboniferous

Permian

3 Silurian

Palaeogeographical setting

Stratigraphical background

Evidence of pre-Silurian vegetation

Silurian vegetation

Silurian plant fossils in Britain

Pen-y-Glog Quarry

Llangammarch Wells Quarry

Rockhall Quarry

Cwm Craig Ddu Quarry

Capel Horeb Quarry

Perton Lane

Freshwater East

4 Devonian

Palaeogeographical setting

Stratigraphical background

Devonian vegetation

Devonian plant fossils in Britain

Targrove Quarry

Turin Hill

Llanover Quarry

Craig-y-Fro Quarry

Ballanucater Farm

Auchensail Quarry

Rhynie

Bay of Skaill

Sloagar

Plaistow Quarry

5 Lower Carboniferous

Palaeogeographical setting

Stratigraphical background

Early Carboniferous vegetation

Lower Carboniferous plant fossils in Britain

Lennel Braes

Whiteadder

Oxroad Bay

Weak Law

Kingwater

Pettycur

Kingswood End

Laggan

Loch Humphrey Burn

Glenarbuck

Puddlebrook Quarry

Moel Hiraddug

Teilia Quarry

Wardie Shore

Glencartholm

Victoria Park

6 Upper Carboniferous

Palaeogeographical setting

Stratigraphical background

Late Carboniferous vegetation

Upper Carboniferous plant fossils in Britain

Nant Llech

Wadsley Fossil Forest

Cattybrook Claypit

Nostell Priory Brickpit

Llanbradach Quarry

Jockie's Syke

7 Permian

Palaeogeographical setting

Stratigraphical background

Permian vegetation

The Palaeophytic-Mesophytic transition

Permian plant fossils in Britain

Stairhill

Middridge Quarry

Kimberley Railway Cutting

References

Glossary

Index

Figures and tables

Tables

References