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Paleobotany at a Glance

(Fossil Plants)

Established: 1888

Collection Strengths: 400,000 specimens that include specimens and all ancillary data in the form of acetate peels, petrographic thin sections, microscope slides, images, macerations, and whole mounts.​

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Research Strengths: The anatomy, morphology and reproductive biology of fossil plants including their interactions with other organisms (e.g., plant-animal and plant-microbe) from floras around the world ranging from Early Devonian (407 Ma) to the Eocene (40 Ma). Paleobotany scientists also investigate fungi and fungal-like organisms throughout geologic time. ​

Curator: Brian Atkinson
brian.atkinson@ku.edu

Curator: Kelly Matsunaga
matsunaga@ku.edu

Curator Emerita: Edith L. Taylor
785.864.3621

Collection Manager: Rudolph Serbet
serbet@ku.edu
785.864.3410

Biodiversity Institute Research Divisions

• Archaeology
• ​Biodiversity Modeling
• Botany
• Entomology
• Herpetology
• Ichthyology
• Informatics
• Invertebrate Paleontology
• Invertebrate Zoology
• Mammalogy
• Ornithology
• Paleobotany
• Vertebrate Paleontology