Plant reproductive structures and other mesofossils from Coniacian/Santonian of Lower Silesia, Poland

0536634 - GLÚ 2021 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Heřmanová, Z. - Kvaček, J. - Dašková, Jiřina - Halamski, A. T.
Plant reproductive structures and other mesofossils from Coniacian/Santonian of Lower Silesia, Poland.
Palaeontologia Electronica. Roč. 23, č. 3 (2020), č. článku a61. ISSN 1935-3952. E-ISSN 1094-8074
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA20-06134S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985831
Klíčová slova: Late Cretaceous * Poland * mesofossils * Normapolles complex
Obor OECD: Paleontology
Impakt faktor: 1.500, rok: 2020
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2020/3247-mesofossils-of-lower-silesia

Mesofossils from the Upper Cretaceous of Lower Silesia are described from the Nowogrodziec Member of the Czerna Formation. The investigated strata are part of the North Sudetic Synclinorium and are of either late Coniacian or early Santonian age. The flora comprises megaspores of lycophytes, conifer and angiosperm mesofossils, and insect-related fossils (coprolite, eggs). Megaspores are assigned to the genus Ricinospora. Fragments of the sterile conifer twigs Cunninghamites sp. and Geinitzia formosa are associated with isolated seeds of the conifer genera Seletya and Alapaja. The greatest diversity is found among reproductive structures of angiosperms within the Normapolles complex. They are assigned to Caryanthus communis, Caryanthus trebecensis, Caryanthus triasseris, Caryanthus sp., Zlivifructus vachae, and Zlivifructus microtriasseris. Additionally, there are several unidentified reproductive structures showing affinities with plants of the Normapolles complex. Finally, there is a single insect coprolite and a few possible insect eggs assigned to Costatheca striata.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0314956