Plant mesofossils from the Late Cretaceous Klikov Formation, the CzechRepublic
2021 (English)In: Fossil Imprint, ISSN 2533-4050, Vol. 77, no 2, p. 256-270Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Late Cretaceous mesofossils are described from the Zliv-Řídká Blana locality in the South Bohemian Basins, the Czech Republic. Angiosperm remains dominate the fossil assemblage both in terms of taxonomic diversity and quantitatively, with about 65 different species based on about 1,000 specimens of flowers, fruits and seeds. There are surprisingly few nonangiosperm species in the flora, with only four specimens assigned to bryophytes, ferns and conifers. There are no megaspores of Selaginellales or Salviniales, which are otherwise common in many Cretaceous mesofossil floras. Among angiosperms, flowers and fruits assigned to the Normapolles group (Fagales) and to the Ericales are particularly prominent. In systematic composition as well as general organization and size of the angiosperm reproductive organs, the Zliv-Řídká Blana mesofossil flora is comparable to other Late Cretaceous mesofossil floras collected from various regions of Laurasia. In addition to the plant remains, the fossil assemblage also includes insect eggs and coprolites.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Národní muzeum , 2021. Vol. 77, no 2, p. 256-270
Keywords [en]
angiosperms, fossil fruits, fossil seeds, fossil flowers, Late Cretaceous, mesofossils, Klikov Formation
National Category
Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Research subject
Ecosystems and species history; The changing Earth
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-4708DOI: 10.37520/fi.2021.018OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nrm-4708DiVA, id: diva2:1626677
Funder
Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI, 20100167,Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI, 20130185
Note
Financial support was received from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (IP DKRVO 2019–20232.I.c., National Museum, 00023272)
2022-01-112022-01-112022-01-11Bibliographically approved