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  • Of or pertaining to paleobotany. Also paleophytic.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to paleobotany

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Examples

  • Although paleobotanical studies suggest that the island was originally covered by palm and broadleaf forest, the island is now completely grass-covered, except for a few isolated stands of ornamental trees and shrubs.

    Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests 2007

  • However, recent paleobotanical studies of fossil pollen and volcanic tree molds indicate that, prior to the arrival of the first Polynesian settlers, the island hosted an extensive array of trees, shrubs, ferns, and grasses.

    Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests 2007

  • It is currently the focus of numerous paleobotanical studies that are rapidly changing the understanding of its native flora.

    Rapa Nui and Sala-y-Gomez subtropical broadleaf forests 2007

  • Evolutionary significance of Cercidiphyllum has long been anticipated despite the unpersuasive morphological interpretation and irrelevant paleobotanical evidence.

    AvaxHome 2010

  • The international team jointly led by Spanish researchers has reconstructed the landscape near Gorham's Cave in Gibraltar, by means of paleobotanical data (plant fossil records) located in the geological deposits between 1997 and 2004.

    Signs of the Times 2009

  • Isabel Montañez of UC Davis and Neil Tabor of SMU will all be collaborating to work out the paleobotanical, sedimentologic, CO2, and climate history of this large scale climate transition.

    freshnews.org - most clicked links 2008

  • Isabel Montañez of UC Davis and Neil Tabor of SMU will all be collaborating to work out the paleobotanical, sedimentologic, CO2, and climate history of this large scale climate transition.

    freshnews.org - most clicked links 2008

  • Stratigraphic and paleobotanical evidence for prehistoric human-induced environmental disturbance on Mo’orea, French Polynesia.

    Society Islands tropical moist forests 2007

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  • (adj): pertaining or referring to paleobotany, the study of fossilized plant remains.

    December 31, 2008