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Mick Casper, The Lovett Pinetum Charitable Foundation, Conifer Paleobotany Basics, and "Living" Paleobotany.

Robert A. Gastaldo, Department of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, Maine: Gymnosperms in the Mesophytic.

Clive Hilliker, Ann Gibson and John Banks, Department of Forestry, Australian National University, Canberra: Botany and Dendrology (FSTY 1001), Gymnosperms in the Order Coniferales.

Ross Koning, Biology Department, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic: Biology of Plants. This course is an introduction to botany and stresses anatomy, morphology, natural history, and evolution among organisms called plants. Go to: The Naked Seeds of Pinus.

! Palaeobotanical Research Group, Münster, Westfälische Wilhelms University, Münster, Germany. History of Palaeozoic Forests, CONIFERS. Link list page with rankings and brief explanations. Images of Lebachia, Walchia, Walchia piniformis, Cassinisia orobica, Pseudovoltzia liebeana, Majonica alpina, Dolomitia cittertiae.

Dan Nickrent and Karen Renzaglia, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale: Land Plants Online, Phylum Pinophyta, The Conifers.

Kathleen B. Pigg, Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University: Plant Fossils and Evolution. Go to: Laboratory 11. Paleozoic Seed Ferns, Cordaites & Early Conifers, Gondwana groups, and Lab 12. Fossil record of modern fern & conifer families.

Ruud J. Poort, Henk Visscher, and David L. Dilcher: Zoidogamy in fossil gymnosperms: The centenary of a concept, with special reference to prepollen of late Paleozoic conifers. Article in PDF format. PNAS Vol. 93, Issue 21, 11713-11717, October 15, 1996.

Ralph E. Taggart, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology/Department of Geological Sciences at Michigan State University, East Lansing: BOT335 Lecture Schedule. The Evolution of Conifers;
North American Redwoods, Past and Present;