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Science 3 July 2009:
Vol. 325. no. 5936, pp. 36 - 37
DOI: 10.1126/science.1174659
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Evolution:

Green Life Through Time

Jonathan P. Wilson

Paleobotany The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. 2nd ed. by Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, and Michael Krings Academic (Elsevier), Burlington, MA, 2009. 1252 pp. $125, £62.99, {euro}91.95. ISBN 9780123739728.

An expansion and update of Taylor and Taylor's classic 1993 book, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a comprehensive survey of fossil plants and fungi.

The reviewer is at the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

E-mail: jpwilson{at}post.harvard.edu

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