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See what I have sent them
(8 yrs)
Theme
Origin unknown incomplete.
fossil evidence
Undisputed angio pollen 130m.y.
ago.
Complete absence from earlier strata.
Than Bammann makes it gestalistic
& assume earlier origin.
Slow evolution fr angios from primitive
dicot flowers angios.
Mixed up Stratigraphy
Juronian - Devonian ?
Late Dinoman - Cimmerian & Angios.
Removed all fr. [illegible] & Rhodophytes-
some Pteridopsions.
Caytonia-like cupule a handicap, but theme
seems convincing
Class of Earth
Moved and from an tropical-