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Florida Museum of Natural History - Paleobotanical and palynological holdings of the museum. Site contains type collection information, publications data and image gallery.
Virtual Paleobotany Lab - An introductory look into the world of Paleobotany. Designed as a teaching tool for a class at UC Berkeley, but providing useful background information to anyone interested in this field.
Paleobotany Type Catalog and Collection - A searchable catalog containing information on type specimens of fossil plants, algae and fungi.
Hans' Paleobotany Pages - Website on fossil plants.
Arens, N.C. - Paleobotany, University of California-Berkeley.
Internet Directory for Botany - Alphabetical list of links pertaining to Paleobotany.
Burnham, R.J. - Evolutionary paleobotany, University of Michigan.
Yale Peabody Museum: Paleobotany Collection - A world-wide paleobotanical collection dating from the early 19th century.
Rhyniophyta - Description and diagram of Rhynia, the first known vascular plant for which a complete fossil has been found.
Neuropteris attenuata - The leaf of the seed fern tree Neuropteris

Wikipedia Articles

Paleobotany - Paleobotany, also spelled as palaeobotany (from the Greek words paleon = old and "botany", study of plants), is the branch of paleontology or paleobiology dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their use for the biological reconstruction of past environments, and the evolution of ...
International Journal of Plant Sciences - Emphasizing dynamic rather than purely descriptive work, the Journal of Plant Sciences presents research from laboratories around the world. Published by the University of Chicago Press, topics covered in IJPS include genetics and genomics, developmental and cell biology, biochemistry and physiology, morphology and structure, systematics, plant-microbe interactions, paleobotany, evolution, and ecology.
Walter A. Bell - Walter Andrew Bell (January 4, 1889-1969) was a Canadian geologist. He worked for the Geological Survey of Canada for over 40 years and authored or co-authored 70 publications, mostly concerning Carboniferous stratigraphy, paleobotany and paleontology of Atlantic Canada.
Birbal Sahni - Birbal Sahni, FRS (1891-1949), an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent, was also a geologist who took an interest in archaeology. He founded the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany, on line.
Edward W. Berry - Edward Wilber Berry (1875 - 1945) was an American paleontologist and botanist, the principal focus of his research was paleobotany. Berry studied North and South American flora and published taxonomic studies with theoretical reconstructions of paleoecology and phytogeography.