Preface 1. Introduction to angiosperms 2. The nature of the angiosperm fossil record 3. The environmental context of early angiosperm evolution 4. Stratigraphic framework and key areas for Cretaceous angiosperms 5. Angiosperms in context: extant and fossil seed plants 6. Origin and age of angiosperms 7. Phylogenetic framework and the assignment of fossils to extant groups 8. Fossils near the base of the angiosperm tree 9. Early fossil angiosperms of uncertain relationships 10. Early fossils of eumagnoliids 11. Fossils of monocots 12. Fossils of eudicots: early diverging groups 13. Fossils of core eudicots: basal lineages 14. Fossils of core eudicots: rosids 15. Early fossils of eudicots: asterids 16. Patterns of structural diversification in angiosperm reproductive organs 17. History and evolution of pollination in angiosperms 18. History and evolution of dispersal in angiosperms 19. Vegetational context of early angiosperm diversification 20. The accumulation of angiosperm diversity References Index.