fossils

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Taxacomers:
The great Chinese naturalist and politician Shen Guo (Northern Song Dynasty, the 11st centrury) in his encyclopaedic book Men Xi Bi Tan talked about the fossilized bamboos in Fujian (Calamites fossils). This could be the first fossils in publication.
Dianxiang
Dianxiang Zhang, PhD
Professor
South China Institute of Botany
Academia Sinica
Guangzhou 510650
China
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