Taxonomy and stratigraphic importance of the Carboniferous miospore genus Vestispora

0424608 - GLÚ 2015 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Bek, Jiří - Dimitrova, T.
Taxonomy and stratigraphic importance of the Carboniferous miospore genus Vestispora.
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. Roč. 202, March (2014), s. 15-28. ISSN 0034-6667. E-ISSN 1879-0615
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Keywords : Vestispora * stratigraphy * Carboniferous * dispersed in situ spores
Subject RIV: DB - Geology ; Mineralogy
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The paper provides a reviewand division of the Carboniferous miospore genus Vestispora. Twenty-nine dispersed species and all in situ records of Vestispora are reviewed, and one new combination and six synonymies are proposed. It is possible to recognise eight groups based on morphological criteria, mainly varieties of perisporial sculpture. Geographic distribution and stratigraphic ranges are given for all 21 valid species. The earliest examples of Vestispora are from the Viséan (Brigantian-V. lucida) and the last occurrences are from the Stephanian B (late Kasimovian-V. fenestrata and V. cancellata). Most Vestispora species are stratigraphically important miospores, but generally only locally within a given basin or coalfield. Almost all species were produced by sphenophyllalean cones, whereas one in situ record of V. laevigata was described from a noeggerathialean plant of the genus Discinites.
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