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Geology, Fossil Plants
The Paleobotany Collection spans 3.8 billion years of history but has its major strengths in the Late Paleozoic and Cretaceous-Paleogene. Current research focuses on the evolution of fire systems in deep time, with emphasis on this phenomenon in coal-forming environments and its impact on Earth system processes, particularly fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen concentrations throughout the Phanerozoic.
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Our Collections
The Paleobotany Collections at the Field Museum comprise ~88,000 catalogued hand specimens, palynological slides, SEM stubs and bulk samples that range in geologic age from the Precambrian to the Recent. The greatest strengths of the collections lie in material from North America and in particular Pennsylvanian coal...
