GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hint: The scientist we are talking about is also referred to as paleobotanist and paleobotanist is the one who deals with the study of plant fossils and identification of the plant remains. It also includes the study of the evolutionary history of plants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Birbal Sahni FRS (14 November 1891 – 10 April 1949) was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He also took an interest in geology and archaeology. He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow in 1946.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paleobotany is the scientific study of ancient plants, using plant fossils found in sedimentary rocks. These fossils can be impressions or compressions of the plants left on the rock’s surface, or “petrified” objects, such as wood, which preserve the original plant material in rocklike form.

Detailed explanation-4: -Paleobotany is the study of fossil plants. The oldest widely occurring fossils are various forms of calcareous algae that apparently lived in shallow seas, although some may have lived in freshwater. Their variety is so profuse that their study forms an important branch of…

Detailed explanation-5: -There is no difference between paleobotany and paleontology. Paleobotany is a form of paleontology. Paleobotany is the branch of paleontology which studies prehistoric plants using fossils. Paleontology also has other branches which study other forms of life such as animals and microbes.