SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANT DIVERSITY LINKS for Biology 306, Illinois Wesleyan University:

KINGDOM PLANTAE (true plants)

*Modes of Plant Fossil Preservation, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster
Palaeozoic Palaeogeography, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster

Phylum/Division "Rhyniophyta" (extinct)

Silurian Plant Fossils, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster
*Earliest Land Plants, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster  (read the introduction and check out photos of fossils of plants
            mentioned in class)

*Introduction to Zosterophyllophytes, U. of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley

Phylum/Division "Trimerophyta" (extinct)

*Introduction to the Trimerophytes, U. of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley

Phylum/Division Lycophyta (Lycopodiophyta) (club mosses & quillworts)

Introduction to Lycophytes, U. of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
*Lycopodiophyta, Plants on Line, Southern Illinois University
Fossil and Recent Lycophytes, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster
Coal Swamp Forests, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster
Coal, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster
*Carboniferous Forests, Michigan State University
Lycopodaceae Images from the U. of Hawaii
Lycopodaceae, Texas A&M Vascular Plant Image Gallery
Selaginellaceae Images from U. of Hawaii
Selaginellaceae, Texas A&M Vascular Plant Image Galley
Isoetaceae, Texas A&M Vascular Plant Image Gallery


Phylum/Division Arthrophyta (Sphenophyta)(horsetails)

Introduction to Sphenophytes, U. of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkleley
*Sphenophyta, Plants on Line, Southern Illinois University
Fossil and Recent Sphenophytes, Paleobotany Group, University of Muenster
Equisetaceae Images from U. of Hawaii
Equisetaceae, Texas A&M Vascular Plant Image Gallery
*Mazon Creek Fossils, Illinois State Museum


Phylum/Division Pteridophyta (ferns)

Fossil Ferns, Palaeobotany Group, University of Muenster


Eusporangiate ferns:
*Psilotophyta, Plants on Line, Southern Illinois University (nice Tmesipteris photos)
Introduction to Psilotales, U. of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
Psilotaceae Images from U. of Hawaii
Marrattiaceae Images from U. of Hawaii
Ophioglossaceae Images from U. of Hawaii

Leptosporangiate ferns:
*Leptosporaniate Ferns, U. of Arizona

Leptosporanciate fern families--homosporous:
Gleicheniaceae Images from U. of Hawaii
Osmundaceae, Texas A&M Vascular Plant Image Gallery
Polypodiaceae Images from U. of Hawaii
Polypodiaceae, Texas A&M Vascular Plant Image Gallery


Leptosporangiate fern families--heterosporous:
Azollaceae, CalFlora
Marsileales
Salvinaceae, Texas A&M Vascular Plant Image Gallery

Phylum/Division Progymnospermophyta (extinct)

*Introduction to the Progymnosperms, U. of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
Late Devonian Progymnosperms, Paleobotany Group, University of Muenster

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