Introduction
Periodicals
Fossil Imprint / Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B – Historia Naturalis
2021/77/2
A new specimen of Araucaria fricii from the early Coniacian of the Bohemian Massif, Central Europe
A new specimen of Araucaria fricii from the early Coniacian of the Bohemian Massif, Central Europe
Jiří Kvaček
| Pages | 282–286 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/fi.2021.020 |
| Keywords | conifers, Araucariaceae, Araucaria, Cretaceous, Coniacian |
| Citation | KVAČEK, Jiří. A new specimen of Araucaria fricii from the early Coniacian of the Bohemian Massif, Central Europe. Fossil Imprint / Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B – Historia Naturalis. Prague: National Museum, 2021, 77(2), 282–286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2021.020. ISSN 2533-4050 (tisk), 2533-4069 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/fossil-imprint-acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-series-b-historia-naturalis/77-2/a-new-specimen-of-araucaria-fricii-from-the-early-coniacian-of-the-bohemian-massif-central-europe |
A specimen of Araucaria fricii is described from the upper part of the Teplice Formation in the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. It extends the first occurrence of A. fricii from the mid-Coniacian back to the early Coniacian. Found in the Radovesice locality near Kučlín in the northern part of the Czech Republic, it is characterised by a deltoid cone scale complex with a centrally placed seed. It is compared to the type material of A. fricii from the mid-Coniacian Březno Formation and other European Cretaceous species of Araucaria. The taphonomy and palaeoecology of A. fricii is briefly discussed.
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