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Paper, 'On the structure and affinities of Trigonocarpon (a fossil fruit of the coal measures)' by Joseph D [Dalton] Hooker

Reference number: AP/36/22

Date: 1854

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Hooker shares his observations on the genus Trigonocarpon, which he describes as 'the most interesting and important [botanical] fossil' contained in the flora of the carboniferous epoch. He suggests that the symmetry in form and size which many of the specimens display and the regularity of the sculpturing on their surfaces suggest their belonging to a class of 'highly organized vegetables'.

Subject: Paleontology / Botany

This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the structure and affinities of Trigonocarpon (a fossil fruit of the coal-messures)'.

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AP/36/22
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1854
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Joseph Dalton Hooker

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Joseph Dalton Hooker, Paper, 'On the structure and affinities of Trigonocarpon (a fossil fruit of the coal measures)' by Joseph D [Dalton] Hooker, 1854, AP/36/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_36_22/paper-on-the-structure-and-affinities-of-trigonocarpon-a-fossil-fruit-of-the-coal-measures-by-joseph-d-dalton-hooker, accessed on 17 April 2025

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