1998 Annual Meeting of the
Botanical Society of America
2-6 August, 1998   Baltimore, MD

Paleobotany Section
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  1. A diverse Late Devonian flora preserved in a fluvial setting, north-central Pennsylvania, U.S.A. - CRESSLER, WALTER.
  2. A fifty million year record of insect damage in the leaves of Platanaceae. - DERETSKY, ZINA.
  3. A Mesozoic-type flora from the Lower Permian of Texas. - MAMAY, SERGIUS H.*, DAN S. CHANEY, AND WILLIAM A. DIMICHELE.
  4. A mid-Cretaceous (Cenomanian) flora from the interior of the Canadian Shield in western Labrador. - HICKEY, LEO J.* AND TIMOTHY B. ARMSTRONG.
  5. A new cheirolepidiaceous conifer from the Lower Jurassic of North America. - AXSMITH, BRIAN J.*, THOMAS N. TAYLOR, AND EDITH L. TAYLOR.
  6. A new conifer-like coniferophyte in the Upper Pennsylvanian of Kansas. - MAPES, GENE* AND GAR W. ROTHWELL.
  7. A new Millerocaulis (Osmundaceae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northern California. - STOCKEY, RUTH A.* AND SELENA SMITH.
  8. A permineralized tree fern from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) of northern California. - LANTZ, TREVOR C.*, GAR W. ROTHWELL, AND RUTH A. STOCKEY.
  9. An aquatic broad-leaved monocot from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) St. Mary River Formation of southern Alberta. - RILEY, MICHAEL G.* AND RUTH A. STOCKEY.
  10. Aquilapollenites occurs in the southeastern United States. - MITRA, M.*, J.E. MICKLE, P.G GENSEL, AND E.A WHEELER.
  11. Columbia Plateau and Intermountain Basin Neogene floras: Introduction to the Project. - SCHORN, HOWARD E., DIANE M. ERWIN, AND PATRICK F. FIELDS.*
  12. COLUMBIA PLATEAU AND INTERMOUNTAIN BASIN NEOGENE FLORAS: HONESTY POLICY. - FIELDS, PATRICK F. (1)*, DIANE M. ERWIN (2), AND HOWARD E. SCHORN (2).
  13. Contrasting evolutionary trends in seed (ovule) size and megaspore volume during the late Paleozoic. - SIMS, HALLIE J.
  14. Cornaceae in Paleocene floras of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains. - MANCHESTER, STEVEN R.
  15. Cupulate reproductive organs from the Triassic of the Shackleton Glacier area, Antarctica. - TAYLOR, EDITH L., THOMAS N. TAYLOR*, RUBÉN CÚNEO, ANA ARCHANGELSKY, AND HANS KERP.
  16. Development of tracheids in the basal extant vascular plant Huperzia lucidula (Lycopodiaceae): implications for the early evolution of plant water-conducting cells. - COOK, MARTHA E.* AND WILLIAM E. FRIEDMAN.
  17. Devonian vascular plant groups and the inference of macroevolutionary pattern and process: a phylogenetic comparative approach to the analysis of trends in early vascular plant evolution. - CORDI, JENNIFER.
  18. Discerning patchy vegetation using replicate samples: a Cretaceous example. - LUPIA, RICHARD.
  19. Diversity and evolution of Cenozoic cycads in western North America. - HOPKINS, DENNIS J., JR.*, KIRK R. JOHNSON, AND CARLOS A. JARAMILLO.
  20. Elaboration of the anatomy and morphology of Wexfordia hookense, Matten. - KLAVINS, SHARON D.* AND LAWRENCE C. MATTEN.
  21. Floristics and taphonomy of anomalous, small-leaved floras from the middle Hell Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous; late Maastrichtian), southwestern North Dakota. - JOHNSON, KIRK R.
  22. Fossil floras of the Michigan Basin. Part 1. Jurassic palynofloras. - CROSS, AUREAL T.
  23. Fossil Ginkgo-like wood from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Utah. - MEDLYN, DAVID A.*, WILLIAM D. TIDWELL, AND SUE A. BILBEY.
  24. Germinating seeds and seedlings of a <|>Metasequoia-like taxodiaceous conifer from the Paleocene of Alberta. - FALDER, AMY B.*, RUTH A. STOCKEY, AND GAR W. ROTHWELL.
  25. Morphological and anatomical investigations of exceptionally preserved cycadophyte leaves from the Jurassic of Skye, NW Scotland. - DOWER, BEATRICE L.* AND RICHARD M. BATEMAN.
  26. Mycorrhizal associations of the middle Eocene taxodiaceous conifer Metasequoia milleri. - ROTHWELL, GAR W.*, HEATHER D. ADDY, RUTH A. STOCKEY, AND RANDOLPH S. CURRAH.
  27. Nightmare on Fern Street: An analysis of marattialean foliage from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of north-central Texas. - GASTALDO, ROBERT A.* AND WILLIAM A. DIMICHELE.
  28. Novelties in the Miocene aquatic flora of Europe. - KVACEK, ZLATKO.
  29. Plant-animal interactions in the Triassic of Antarctica. - TAYLOR, EDITH L.*, CARLY M. HARTER, AND THOMAS N. TAYLOR.
  30. Preliminary molecular fossil data on angiosperm evolution and radiation. - TAYLOR, D.W.*, G. B. RENNER, L. J. HICKEY, S. H. BASHA, H. LI, F. J. FAGO, AND J. M. MOLDOWAN.
  31. Silicified heptalocular fruits from the middle Miocene Yakima Canyon flora, central Washington state. - PIGG, KATHLEEN B.1* AND STEVEN R. MANCHESTER2.
  32. Some new plant discoveries from the Lower Devonian Posongchong Formation, S.E. Yunnan Province, P.R. China. - GENSEL, P.G.* AND S-G HAO.
  33. Species diversity of Triuridaceae fossil flowers from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey. - GANDOLFO, MARIA A.*, KEVIN C. NIXON, DENNIS W. STEVENSON, AND WILLIAM L. CREPET.
  34. Systematic reevaluation of so-called Astronium (Anacardiaceae) fruits from the Eocene of western North America and Miocene of eastern Asia. Steven R. Manchester and Yufei Wang. - MANCHESTER, STEVEN R.* AND YUFEI WANG.
  35. Techniques and advances in molecular paleobotany: Methods for evaluating hypotheses of plant evolution and phylogeny by molecular fossils. - ZINNIKER, D., J. M. MOLDOWAN*, J. DAHL, F. J. FAGO, H. LI, L. J. HICKEY, G. W. ROTHWELL, AND D. W. TAYLOR.
  36. The Allon flora (Late Cretaceous, Georgia): diversity, abundance, and evolutionary implications. - LUPIA, RICHARD*, PATRICK S. HERENDEEN, SUSANA MAGALLON-PUEBLA, PETER R. CRANE, AND JOLANTA KOBYLINSKA.
  37. The Late Miocene Pickett Creek flora. - BUECHLER, WALTER K.*, MICHAEL T. DUNN, AND WILLIAM C. REMBER.
  38. The molecular fossil oleanane and preliminary data on its occurrence in gigantopterids, anthophytes and other seed plants. - TAYLOR, D.W.*, H. LI, J. DAHL, F. J. FAGO, G. W. ROTHWELL, AND L. J. HICKEY.
  39. Trapper Creek Palynoflora. - VAN SLUYTERS, AMY M.
  40. Vegetational Response to Environmental Changes in Southern Florida over the Last Few Millennia. - WILLARD, DEBRA A.*, CHARLES W. HOLMES, JAMES B. MURRAY, AND LISA M. WEIMER.
  41. Woody dicots of the Cretaceous-Paleocene of Big Bend National Park, Texas. - WHEELER, E.A.* AND T.M. LEHMAN.