Editing Tropical forest (section)

==History==
The first [[Tropical rainforest|tropical rainforests]] appeared during the [[Devonian]], characterized mainly by [[Pseudosporochnales|Pseudosporochnalean]] and [[Archaeopteridales|Archaeopteridalean]] plants.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Berry |first1=Christopher M. |last2=Marshall |first2=John E.A. |date=2015-12-01 |title=Lycopsid forests in the early Late Devonian paleoequatorial zone of Svalbard |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/43/12/1043/131717/Lycopsid-forests-in-the-early-Late-Devonian |journal=Geology |volume=43 |issue=12 |pages=1043–1046 |doi=10.1130/G37000.1 |bibcode=2015Geo....43.1043B |issn=0091-7613}}</ref> Other canopy forests expanded north-south of the equator during the [[Paleogene]] epoch, around 40 million years ago, as a result of the emergence of drier, cooler climates.

The tropical forest was originally identified as a specific type of [[biome]] in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khan Academy |url=https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/ecology/biogeography/a/tropical-rainforest-biomes |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.khanacademy.org |language=en}}</ref>