A new specimen of Araucaria fricii from the early Coniacian of the Bohemian Massif, Central Europe

Stránky	282–286
DOI	10.37520/fi.2021.020
Klíčová slova	conifers, Araucariaceae, Araucaria, Cretaceous, Coniacian
Citace	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. Praha: Národní muzeum, 2021, 77(2), 282–286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2021.020. ISSN 2533-4050 (tisk), 2533-4069 (online). Dostupné také z: https://publikace.nm.cz/periodicke-publikace/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

Fossil Imprint / Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B – Historia Naturalis | 2021/77/2

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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