BIOL-530 PLANT EVOLUTION AND PALEOBOTANY-

UNIT I-

Introduction, Origin of Plants, Geological time scale.

UNIT II-

Evolutionary pattern and diversification in plants, rise and dominance of seed plants.

UNIT III-

Fossils; Introduction, Types of fossils, Formation of fossils, evidences from fossils.

UNIT IV-

Subdiscipline of paleobatany; Biostratigraphy, Biomechanics and allmetery, Paleoecology, Dendrochronology.

UNIT V-

Fossil records of different era, Paleobotanical methods, Time line of plant evolution, Plant adaptations.

Reference Book:

1. Principles of Paleobotany by Lily Bora
2. Text Book of Paleobotany by S.R.Mishra
3. Paleobotany and Evolution of Plant by Wilson Nichols Stewarts
4. Plant diversity and Evolution by Robert J. Henry
5. Palaeobotany and Plant evolution by Iqbal Hussain