title: Fossil Plants (Smithsonian's Living Past)
author:  Paul Kenrick 
description: <b>Paul Kenrick</b> and <b>Paul Davis</b> are paleobotanists with The Natural History Museum, London. Kenrick is author of <i>The Origin and Diversification of Land Plants</i>, and Davis is the author of <i>Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe</i>.
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  FROM FOSSILS TO ASTROBIOLOGY
  
  
  Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology Volume 12
  
  
  _Series Editor :_
  
  
  Joseph Seckbach
  
  
  _The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel_
  
  
  For other titles published in this series, go to
  
  
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  From Fossils to Astrobiology
  
  
  Records of Life on Earth and Search
  
  
  for Extraterrestrial Biosignatures
  
  
  _Edited by_
  
  
  Joseph Seckbach
  
  
  _The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel_
  
  
  and
  
  
  Maud Walsh
  
  
  _Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA_
  
  
  _Editors_
  
  
  Joseph Seckbach
  
  
  Maud Walsh
  
  
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  
  
  School of Plant,
  
  
  Israel
  
  
  Environmental, and Soil Sciences
  
  
  
  
  
  University, Baton Rouge,
  
  
  LA,
  
  
  USA
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-4020-8836-0
  
  
  e-ISBN 978-1-4020-8837-7
  
  
  Library of Congress Control Number: 2008933212
  
  
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