Paleobotany Paleobotany is a study of preserve of vestiges (remaining) of geological past. More comprehensively, it is a part of paleontology or paleo-biology which deals with recovery and identification of plant remains. Paleobotany can be defined or approached from the botanical point of view where emphasis is given on plant …

Process of fossilization Mainly there are two theories how plants become fossil. 1. Infiltration theory 2. Molecule by molecule replacement theory 1. Infiltration theory Infiltration theory is based on the fact that mineral matters are infiltrated and precipitated in the cell wall in the buried plant and plant parts undergoing …

Methods of Calculation of Quantitative Data   Quantitative data for individual species is calculated by the following methods: 1) Frequency = Number of sampling units in which the species occurred/Total number of sampling units studied Relative frequency = Frequency of a sp./Total frequency of all spp. X 100 2) Density …