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From page 136... ... , or specialized offshoots that became somewhat isolated from main line of the clade, such as cordaitean gymnosperms and some of the marattialean ferns (Rothwell and Warner, 1984; Costanza, 1985; Trivett and Rothwell, 1985; Lesnikowska, 19891. Late Carboniferous peat swamps were not a single monotonous habitat, as depicted in most museum dioramast Rather they encompassed a range of subhabitats controlled largely by flooding regime and influenced by disturbances such as incursions of mineral matter, brackish water, and wildfires. Read the entire page →

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... , or specialized offshoots that became somewhat isolated from main line of the clade, such as cordaitean gymnosperms and some of the marattialean ferns (Rothwell and Warner, 1984; Costanza, 1985; Trivett and Rothwell, 1985; Lesnikowska, 19891. Late Carboniferous peat swamps were not a single monotonous habitat, as depicted in most museum dioramast Rather they encompassed a range of subhabitats controlled largely by flooding regime and influenced by disturbances such as incursions of mineral matter, brackish water, and wildfires.

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cordaitean gymnosperms

coal seam

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