New paleobotanical data on the portuguese pennsylvanian (Douro carboniferous basin, NW portugal) [Novos dados paleobotânicos do Pensilvaniano português (Bacia Carbonífera do Douro, NW Portugal)]

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

Correia, P (Author) Other; Simunek, Z (Author) Other; Psenicka, J (Author) Other; Sa, AA (Author) Other; Domingos, R (Author) Other; Carneiro, A (Author) Other; Flores, D (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Comunicações Geológicas

Vol. 101

Pages: 409-414

ISSN: 0873-948X

Publisher: LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia

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Authenticus ID: P-00G-4Y4

Abstract (EN): This paper describes nine new macrofloral taxa from Douro Carboniferous Basin (lower Gzhelian) of Portugal. The plant assemblage is mainly composed by pteridophylls (Sphenopteriss arberi Kidston, Sphenopteris fayoli Zeiller, Sphenopteris tenuis Schenk, Odontopteris schlotheimii Brongniart), sphenopsids (Annularia spicata Gutbier, Stellotheca robusta (Feistmantel) Surange and Prakash, Calamostachys grandis Zeiller (Jongmans) and Calamostachys calathifera Sterzel) besides the gymnosperm Cordaites foliolatus Grand`Eury. The new data provide a better understating of the knowledge of Late Carboniferous floras of Portugal, showing the high plant diversity of Gzhelian floras, when considerable changes in paleogeography and climate dynamics are evidenced in Euramerican floristic assemblages. © 2014 LNEG ¿ Laboratório Nacional de Geologia e Energia IP.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific