Re: question about plants in Mesozoic

[Stanley Friesen <sarima@ix.netcom.com>]

At 04:53 PM 4/2/97 -0700, Rich Travsky wrote:
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>Just out of curiousity, what nuttrional value is known about these
>plants? It says something about the critters that would've ate them.

I am not sure one can generalize usefully over such a wide variety of
forms.  The majority of modern ferns are fairly coarse and difficult to
digest, but there are exceptions.  Also, grass itself is often fairly rough
fodder.

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