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Contribution to the knowledge of Cordaites species from the Kladno-Rakovník Basin, Middle Pennsylvanian (Bolsovian), Czech Republic

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Title (Dublin Core)

Contribution to the knowledge of Cordaites species from the Kladno-Rakovník Basin, Middle Pennsylvanian (Bolsovian), Czech Republic

Description (Dublin Core)

Abstract   Newcollections from the spoil piles of the Theodor mine in Pchery and Schoellermine in Libušín (Kladno-Rakovník Basin, Czech Republic) yielded a new Cordaitesspecies and improved knowledge of the extent of the cuticular variabilityof the species Cordaites wartmannii Šimůnek.Based on cuticles, it has been proven that the species Cordaites polynervus Šimůnek is conspecific with Cordaiteskladnoensis Šimůnek. The newspecies, Cordaites theodorii Šimůnek& Haldovský sp. nov.,established on strongly papillate cuticles, is characterized by the presence ofsmall teeth on the leaf margin. This feature is new for the genus Cordaites.The palaeoecological significance of papillae on Cordaites cuticles isdiscussed. It is probably an adaptation to living on a peat substrate. Comparison of the species Cordaites wartmannii Šimůnek and Cordaites barthelii Šimůnek is made. Adaxial cuticles of Cordaiteskladnoensis and Cordaites wartmannii are so similar that it isdifficult to distinguish these species by means of the adaxial cuticle alone.

Creator (Dublin Core)

Zbynek Šimunek
Jan Haldovský

Subject (Dublin Core)

Cordaites, cuticular analysis, Central Bohemian basins, Carboniferous, Bolsovian
Geology
QE1-996.5

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Croatian Geological Survey

Date (Dublin Core)

2015-06-01T00:00:00Z

Type (Dublin Core)

article

Identifier (Dublin Core)

1330-030X
1333-4875
10.4154/GC.2015.11
https://doaj.org/article/824d4f0cc91e47308ea26a6537b162e9

Source (Dublin Core)

Geologia Croatica, Vol 68, Iss 2 (2015)

Language (Dublin Core)

EN

Relation (Dublin Core)

http://www.geologia-croatica.hr/ojs/index.php/GC/article/view/666
https://doaj.org/toc/1330-030X
https://doaj.org/toc/1333-4875

Provenance (Dublin Core)

Journal Licence: CC BY