Permian plant macrofossils from Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land
A low diversity plant macrofossil assemblage described from the northern section of Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, is dominated by matted leaf impressions of Glossopteris sp. cf. G. communis Feistmantel and Glossopteris sp. cf. G. spatulata Pant & Singh, and in situ fi...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102005002464 2024-09-15T17:48:40+00:00 Permian plant macrofossils from Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land MCLOUGHLIN, STEPHEN LARSSON, KENT LINDSTRÖM, SOFIE 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102005002464 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102005002464 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 17, issue 1, page 73-86 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 journal-article 2005 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102005002464 2024-07-31T04:01:29Z A low diversity plant macrofossil assemblage described from the northern section of Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, is dominated by matted leaf impressions of Glossopteris sp. cf. G. communis Feistmantel and Glossopteris sp. cf. G. spatulata Pant & Singh, and in situ finely branched Vertebraria indica Royle rootlets. Equisetalean stems, rhizomes and leaf whorls ( Phyllotheca australis Brongniart emend. Townrow), isolated seeds, scale-leaves, and fragmentary gymnosperm axes represent minor components of the assemblage. The fossils are preserved in fine-grained, floodbasin sediments and dark palaeosols. Although lacking definitive biostratigraphical indices, the flora is considered to represent a Middle Permian assemblage based principally on lithological and palynological correlation with the southern section at Fossilryggen and broad similarities to mid-Permian plant assemblages elsewhere in Gondwana. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Science Antarctica Dronning Maud Land Cambridge University Press Antarctic Science 17 1 73 86 |
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A low diversity plant macrofossil assemblage described from the northern section of Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica, is dominated by matted leaf impressions of Glossopteris sp. cf. G. communis Feistmantel and Glossopteris sp. cf. G. spatulata Pant & Singh, and in situ finely branched Vertebraria indica Royle rootlets. Equisetalean stems, rhizomes and leaf whorls ( Phyllotheca australis Brongniart emend. Townrow), isolated seeds, scale-leaves, and fragmentary gymnosperm axes represent minor components of the assemblage. The fossils are preserved in fine-grained, floodbasin sediments and dark palaeosols. Although lacking definitive biostratigraphical indices, the flora is considered to represent a Middle Permian assemblage based principally on lithological and palynological correlation with the southern section at Fossilryggen and broad similarities to mid-Permian plant assemblages elsewhere in Gondwana. |
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MCLOUGHLIN, STEPHEN LARSSON, KENT LINDSTRÖM, SOFIE Permian plant macrofossils from Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land |
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Permian plant macrofossils from Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land |
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Permian plant macrofossils from Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land |
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Permian plant macrofossils from Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land |
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Permian plant macrofossils from Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land |
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Permian plant macrofossils from Fossilryggen, Vestfjella, Dronning Maud Land |
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permian plant macrofossils from fossilryggen, vestfjella, dronning maud land |
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