Science News Online (5/15/99): References for "The tree that changed the world"

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Volume 155, Number 20 (May 15, 1999)

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The tree that changed the world

Fossilized wood from Morocco suggests that the spore-producing tree Archaeopteris, which transformed Earth's atmosphere, had thick, permanent branches and thus was long-lived.

References:

Meyer-Berthaud, B., S.E. Scheckler, and J. Wendt. 1999. Archaeopteris is the earliest known modern tree. Nature 398(April 22):700.

Sources:

Brigitte Meyer-Berthaud
Université Montpellier 2
Laboratoire de Paléobotanique
ISEM
Place Bataillon
F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5
France

Stephen E. Scheckler
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Biology
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0406

Jobst Wendt
Universität Tübingen
Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut
Sigwartstrasse 10
D-72076 Tübingen
Germany