Paleozoic Fossil Plants
The author, Bruce L. Stinchcomb has been fascinated with fossils since a child. With the finding zones of late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) fossil plants near where he lived as an early teen in the 1950 s, he developed, among various paleontologic specialties, an interest in plants of the Paleozoic Era, the earliest portion of geologic time to yield abundant, obvious fossils. This interest in fossils and paleontology persisted and over the years where the author acquired an extensive collection of Paleozoic fossil plants which form part of the basis of this work. The author is a retired professor of geology who has published extensively in both the non technical literature as well as technical works which includes extensive material on Cambrian fossils of the Ozarks. He also has written nine other Schiffer books on fossils and other geo-collectables.