Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Photographic Credits
Introduction
Purpose
Geology of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation
Ash Beds
Coal Seam or Zone Markers
Palynology
Paleo-magnetostratigraphy
Types of Preservation and Methods of Study
Compression Impressions
Casts and Moulds
Petrification
Carbonization
Collecting Specimens
Cataloguing, preparation, and the study of specimens
Problems encountered with interpretations of fossil specimens
Classification of Fossil Plants Found in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation
The History of Fossil Plant Collection in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Drumheller, Alberta
Present Status of the Plant Fossil Record
KINGDOM PROTISTA
KINGDOM MYCETEAE
Division Thallopyta
KINGDOM PLANTAE
Division Hepatophyta
Division Bryophyta
Division Lycopodiophyta
Divsison Sphenophyta
Division Filicophyta
Division Cycadophyta
Division Ginkgophyta
Division Coniferophyta
Division Angiospermophyta
Environmental Reconstruction of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation Based on the Flora
Environmental Reconstruction of the Horseshoe Canyon Based on the Fauna
Food for Thought: Dinosaur/Plant Interaction
Conclusion
Glossary
References and Selected Readings
Index