Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6448727 | Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 2014 | 42 Pages |
Abstract
The Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) formations of the Rusca MontanÄ and HaÅ£eg basins (Romania) yield a compressive fossil flora including the genera Sabalites and Pandanites. The Rusca MontanÄ and HaÅ£eg basins represent very important areas for Cretaceous palms, due to the remarkable density of foliar material and to their palaeogeographic significance for the Tethyan area. Sabalites longirhachis (Unger) J. KvaÄek et Herman 2004, collected from the HaÅ£eg and Poiana RuscÄ basins, is described, discussed and figured, together with Pandanites trinervis (Ettingshausen) J. KvaÄek et Herman 2004 (including here Romanian material formerly attributed to Pandanites austriacus, Pandanites acutidens and Pandanites romanicus Petrescu et DuÅa 1970), while Pandanites spinatissimus Petrescu et DuÅa sp. nov. (including here Pandanus tenuissimus Petrescu et DuÅa 1982 nom. inval. and Pandanus barbui Petrescu et DuÅa 1982 nom. inval.) is validated, emended and illustrated. These monocot taxa offer new and relevant insights into the palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology of the latest Cretaceous floras of Europe.
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Authors
Mihai E. Popa, JiÅÃ KvaÄek, Åtefan Vasile, Zoltán Csiki-Sava,