Some conifers from the Early Cretaceous (late Aptian – early Albian) of Catefica, Lusitanian Basin, western Portugal

Stránky 317-326
DOI 10.2478/if-2018-0019
Klíčová slova conifers, mesofossil floras, Early Cretaceous, Almargem Formation, Catefica, Portugal
Citace MENDES, Mário Miguel, DINIS, Pedro a KVAČEK, Jiří. Some conifers from the Early Cretaceous (late Aptian – early Albian) of Catefica, Lusitanian Basin, western Portugal. Fossil Imprint / Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B – Historia Naturalis. Prague: National Museum, 2018, 74(3-4), 317-326. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/if-2018-0019. ISSN 2533-4050 (tisk), 2533-4069 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/periodicals/fiamnpsbhn/74-3-4/some-conifers-from-the-early-cretaceous-late-aptian-early-albian-of-catefica-lusitanian-basin-western-portugal
Fossil Imprint / Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B – Historia Naturalis | 2018/74/3-4

Several mesofossil floras discovered in the Early Cretaceous rocks from the Lusitanian Basin of western Portugal comprise numerous well-preserved conifer remains. Here we report the occurrence of four conifer types in the mesofossil flora from the Catefica locality, about 4 km south of Torres Vedras in the Estremadura region on the western Portuguese Basin. The specimens were recovered from rocks belonging to the Almargem Formation, interpreted to be of late Aptian – early Albian age. It includes three Cheirolepidiaceae genera Frenelopsis SCHENK, Pseudofrenelopsis NATH. and Watsoniocladus V.SRINIV., and one conifer twig of Pagiophyllum-type. These conifers, which co-occurred in the same depositional bed with a well-diversified early angiosperm assemblage including flowers, seeds, fruits and dispersed stamens with pollen in situ, provide new insights into Early Cretaceous palaeoecology.

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