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	Coal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Europe, Asia, and North America, the Carboniferous coal was formed from tropical swamp forests, which are sometimes called the "coal forests".
		Southern hemisphere Carboniferous coal was formed from the Glossopteris flora, which grew on cold periglacial tundra when the South Pole was a long way inland in Gondwanaland.
		As an alternative to the widely-accepted theory of coal formation by decomposition of surface plants, a speculative creation process was proposed by Thomas Gold in his book The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coal (4218 words)

	Triassic Encyclopedia Article @ TexanArtists.com (Texan Artists) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On land, the holdover plants included the lycophytes, the dominant cycads, ginkgophyta (represented in modern times by Ginkgo biloba) and glossopterids.
		Glossopteris (a seed fern) was the dominant southern hemisphere tree during the Early Triassic period.
		Temnospondyl amphibians were among those groups that survived the P-T extinction, some lineages (e.g.
	www.texanartists.com /encyclopedia/Triassic (1744 words)

	Triassic System - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		There seems little room for doubt that the climate of Triassic times was, over large tracts of the northern continental region, dry and arid in character, certain features in the flora tending to support this view.
		On the other hand, the southern continental deposits, with Glossopteris and its allies, is more suggestive of a moist climate.
		The Palaeozoic calamites, sigillarias and lepidodendrons became extinct early in this period; but in the southern hemisphere the Glossopteris flora still held on in considerable force.
	www.1911ency.org /T/TR/TRIASSIC_SYSTEM.htm (2309 words)

	Antarctica Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Glaciation began at the end of the Devonian period (360 Mya) as Gondwana became centered around the South Pole and the climate cooled, though flora remained.
		During the Permian period the plant life became dominated by fern-like plants such as Glossopteris, which grew in swamps.
		Over time these swamps became deposits of coal in the Transantarctic Mountains.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Antarctica (4906 words)

	Plant - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Fossil forests of petrified wood have been found in all continents.
		Fossils of seed ferns such as Glossopteris are widely distributed throughout several continents of the southern hemisphere, a fact that gave support to Alfred Wegener's early ideas regarding Continental drift theory.
		Kenrick, Paul and Crane, Peter R. The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: A Cladistic Study.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/p/l/a/Plant.html (1763 words)

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