PALAEOBOTANICAL RESEARCH   GROUP
 
UNIVERSITY  MÜNSTER

THE   RHYNIE  CHERT  AND  ITS  FLORA

 
XIII.  RHYNIE  CHERT  LINKS
 
The Rhynie Chert Research Group is located in Aberdeen, Scotland and has a website dealing with various topics on or related to the Rhynie Chert, e.g., the history of the site, the drilling project, Rhynie Chert fauna, the Rhynie Chert Newsletter, and links, also to other pages on hot springs and geysers. Warmly recommended !
Our own pages on the oldest lichen.
More recent is our special pages on the oldest ascomycetes.
Many links to other sites illustrating Early Devonian plants are given on the link page of our "The History of Palaeozoic Forests" pages.
The Rhynie Chert Page of the series "Localities of the Devonian" by the Museum of Paleontology of the University of California at Berkeley provides some general information. The text is of the normal textbook level; pictures are not overwhelming.
Hans Steur's Rhynie Chert Pictures gives a good overview of the flora of this locality with many pictures.
Alan Channing from the University of Cardiff maintains a site on processes of plant silicification in hot spring environments.
Some general information: 
Some general information on the village of Rhynie.
Learn more about the rich cultural heritage of the region: the Rhynie Man.


© Forschungsstelle für Paläobotanik, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster 
April 2000