Contents: Introduction to angiosperms; the origin of angiosperms; global palaeogeography and palaeoclimate of the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary; Mid-Cretaceous to Early Tertiary vegetation and climate; Vegetational consequences of angiosperm diversification; Time of appearance of floral features; the evolution of insect pollination in angiosperms; interactions of angiosperms and herbivorous tetrapods through time; dinosaurs and land plants; vegetational and mammalian faunal changes in the Early Tertiary of southern England.
"Most of the contributions were presented at a symposium held during the Third International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England, in August 1985.", Includes index, Monochrome photographs, Line drawings, Charts, Graphs