Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.010
M. Bubík, N. Doláková, Z. Kvaček, V. Teodoridis
{"title":"A new Early Miocene (Ottnangian) flora of the “Rzehakia Beds” from Brno-Líšeň","authors":"M. Bubík, N. Doláková, Z. Kvaček, V. Teodoridis","doi":"10.37520/fi.2022.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.010","url":null,"abstract":"The fossil flora from brackish late Burdigalian (Ottnangian) sediments in Brno-Líšeň (the Czech Republic) contributes to our knowledge of floristic evolution and palaeoclimatic changes in the Western Carpathians. The fossil material investigated for this study comprises fragmentary leaf imprints, few fruits/seeds, and dispersed pollen from a single palynomorph-rich sample. Macro remains include 3 ferns (Osmunda parschlugiana, Salvinia reussii, ?Polypodiaceae gen. et sp. indet.) and 17 angiosperms (e.g., Daphnogene polymorpha, “Parrotia” pristina, Leguminophyllum spp., Podocarpium podocarpum, cf. Engelhardia orsbergensis, Ulmus sp., Schoenoplectiella cf. ragozinii). The palynospectrum comprises 106 taxa, including abundant palaeotropical elements of zonal evergreen forest, i.e., Sapotaceae, Palmae, Engelhardia, Platycarya, Fagaceae, Araliaceae and Cornus-Mastixia, accompanied by arctotertiary elements of deciduous zonal forest (Quercus, Carpinus, Fagus, Carya, Juglans, Tilia, Betula, Parrotia) and deciduous azonal (riparian) forest (e.g., Alnus, Salix, Ulmus). Aquatic plants, algae (Prasinophyceae, Botryococcus) and marine dinoflagellates indicate a marine environment with freshwater impact. Plant taxa possibly representing open areas such as Olea, Celtis, Buxus, Ephedra, Rosaceae and Poaceae are sporadic, as well as conifers of extrazonal forest such as Cedrus, Tsuga, Picea. The studied palynospectrum contains abundant thermophilic elements and does not point to a cooling event, as reported by previous authors from the Polish part of the Carpathian Foredeep.","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69922475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.013
S. Manchester, M. Collinson
{"title":"Mastixioid fruits (Cornales) from the early Eocene London Clay Flora: morphology, anatomy and nomenclatural revision","authors":"S. Manchester, M. Collinson","doi":"10.37520/fi.2022.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.013","url":null,"abstract":"Following on the seminal works of Reid and Chandler in 1933 and Chandler in 1961, morphology and anatomy of fossil mastixioid fruits from the early Eocene London Clay of southern England were reanalyzed with the benefit of new methods in comparison with extant genera of Mastixiaceae and with other fossil representatives from Europe and North America. The species named Mastixia cantiensis E.Reid et M.Chandler was based on a heterogeneous assemblage of specimens, all representing Mastixiaceae, some of which truly represent Mastixia whilst others correspond to Diplopanax and Mastixiopsis The holotype of M. cantiensis E.Reid et M.Chandler corresponds to extant Diplopanax rather than Mastixia. Therefore, this species is moved out of Mastixia and is treated as Diplopanax cacaoides (Zenker) comb. nov. Nine species of mastixioid fruits are currently recognized in the London Clay flora: Mastixia parva E.Reid et M.Chandler, M. cf. oregonensis (R.A.Scott) Tiffney et Haggard, Diplopanax cacaoides, Tectocarya grandis (E.Reid et M.Chandler) comb. nov., Mastixiopsis nyssoides Kirchh., Exbeckettia mastixioides (E.Reid et M.Chandler) gen. et comb. nov., Lanfrancia subglobosa E.Reid et M.Chandler, Portnallia bognorensis M.Chandler, and Langtonia bisulcata E.Reid et M.Chandler. These include the oldest known representatives of the genera Diplopanax, Tectocarya and Mastixiopsis and contribute to our understanding of the former morphological diversity and palaeobiogeography of the Mastixiaceae.","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69922635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.003
R. van der Ham, Johanna H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, Sjir Renkens, Peta A. Hayes
{"title":"The type of Palmocarpon cretaceum Miq., 1853 described from the Cretaceous of the Sint-Pietersberg, The Netherlands, is an Eocene Nypa burtinii (Brongn.) Ettingsh., 1879, most likely from the Brussels area, Belgium","authors":"R. van der Ham, Johanna H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, Sjir Renkens, Peta A. Hayes","doi":"10.37520/fi.2022.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.003","url":null,"abstract":"The study of a few putative palm macrofossils from the type area of the Maastrichtian Stage appeared to have important implications for understanding the composition of the fossil flora of the area, as well as for the nomenclature of fossil palm fruits in general. The type specimen of the palm fruit Palmocarpon cretaceum Miq., 1853 described from the Cretaceous of the Maastrichtian type area belongs to Nypa burtinii (Brongn.) Ettingsh., 1879 from the Eocene, most probably from the Brussels area. The material mentioned by Ubaghs (1885a, b, 1887) as Palmocarpon cretaceum does not represent fossil palm fruits. Therefore, palm pollen is the only evidence for the presence of palms (Arecaceae, or Palmae, excl. Nypa) in the Cretaceous of the Maastrichtian type area. Palmocarpon Miq., 1853 is proposed here as a nomen rejiciendum, and the genus Palmocarpon Lesq., 1878 as a nomen conservandum.","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69921437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2021.022
E. Wheeler, S. Manchester
{"title":"A diverse assemblage of Late Eocene woods from Oregon, western USA","authors":"E. Wheeler, S. Manchester","doi":"10.37520/fi.2021.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2021.022","url":null,"abstract":"Well-preserved silicified woods from a site near the town of Post, Oregon, western USA, provide insights into the late Eocene vegetation and climate ca. 36 million years and data for comparing with both older and younger wood floras regionally and globally. The composition of this wood flora, taken into consideration along with taxa identified from silicified fruits and seeds of the same locality, provides a more complete picture of the former vegetation. We recognize woods belonging to the families Anacardiaceae (Pistacia terrazasae sp. nov.), Cannabaceae (Celtis popsii sp. nov.), Cercidiphyllaceae (Cercidiphyllum cf. alalongum R.A.Scott et E.A.Wheeler), Fagaceae (Fagus dodgeii sp. nov., Lithocarpoxylon ashwillii sp. nov., Lithocarpoxylon sp., Quercus sp.), Hamamelidaceae (Hamamelidoxylon crystalliferum sp. nov., H. cf. suzukii E.A.Wheeler et T.A.Dillhoff), Juglandaceae (Pterocaryoxylon sp.), Malvaceae (Wataria kvacekii n. sp.), Platanaceae (Platanoxylon cf. haydenii (Felix) Süss et Müll.-Stoll, Platanus sp.), Sapindaceae (Acer, 2 spp.), Trochodendraceae (Trochodendron beckii (Hergert et H.K.Phinney) R.A.Scott et E.A.Wheeler). This assemblage, which we refer to as the Post Hammer flora (UF 279), is comparable in age to the nearby Teater Road flora known mainly from fossil leaf impressions. Comparing the functional traits of the Hammer woods to the older Clarno Nut Beds woods attests to changing climate in the region, including an increase in seasonality.","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69921687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.002
L. Kunzmann, Shufeng Li, Jian Huang, T. Utescher, T. Su, Zhekun Zhou
{"title":"Assessment of Phytogeographic Reference Regions for Cenozoic vegetation: a case study on the Miocene flora of Wiesa (Germany)","authors":"L. Kunzmann, Shufeng Li, Jian Huang, T. Utescher, T. Su, Zhekun Zhou","doi":"10.37520/fi.2022.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.002","url":null,"abstract":"During the Miocene Climatic Optimum, a global long-term warm interval, European mid-latitude regions experienced a subtropical palaeoclimate. In particular, areas in eastern Germany were part of a vegetational zone with evergreen broadleaved forests, characterized by subtropical taxa. Regional palaeofloristic concepts denominated this palaeovegetation Younger Mastixioideae Flora sensu Mai (1964). Type assemblage is the late Early Miocene flora of Wiesa. Here, we reevaluate its floristic composition with respect to nearest living relatives of fossil-taxa, and introduce the new approach Phytogeographic Reference Region Assessment (PRRA) to ascertain the area of most similar extant vegetation for the Wiesa assemblage. The southern belt of SE Asian subtropical evergreen broadleaved forest and its transition to tropical mountain evergreen broadleaved forest in SW China represent the most similar extant vegetation. The Wiesa assemblage is compared to two diverse plant macroassemblages from the late Oligocene and the Late Miocene, respectively, coming from the same region and palaeoenvironmental setting. It is demonstrated that diversity and abundances of subtropical taxa markedly increased towards the Early Miocene, and specific climate-sensitive taxa occurred. The regional palaeoclimate was subtropical-humid (Köppen-Trewartha type Cf), with a growing season eleven months long. The late Oligocene and Late Miocene climates were mainly distinct in nine-month growing season lengths and cooler winters (1–3 °C).","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69921886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.008
Gabriele Niccolini, E. Martinetto, Benedetta Lanini, E. Menichetti, F. Fusco, Elen Hakobyan, A. Bertini
{"title":"Late Messinian flora from the post-evaporitic deposits of the Piedmont Basin (Northwest Italy)","authors":"Gabriele Niccolini, E. Martinetto, Benedetta Lanini, E. Menichetti, F. Fusco, Elen Hakobyan, A. Bertini","doi":"10.37520/fi.2022.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.008","url":null,"abstract":"In the Piedmont Basin (PB), one of the northernmost Mediterranean basins recording the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC), pollen and plant macroremains (leaves, fruits and seeds) were studied in four sedimentary sections of the post-evaporitic interval (5.6–5.33 Ma). The joint palaeobotanical investigations of the two datasets allowed the reconstruction of a floristic assemblage which consists of 133 taxa (95 woody and 38 non-woody taxa). The lowland/coastal vegetation reconstructed by integrating macro- and microfossil data exhibits several analogies with existing “types/formations” of South-Southeast Asia, whereas taxa occurring solely in the pollen record suggest the existence of altitudinal forests with conifers and a few angiosperms. We suggest that the generalized type of lowland, zonal palaeovegetation in the post-evaporitic Messinian of the PB was of no-analog type, but most similar to either “mixed mesophytic forests” or “broad-leaved evergreen forests”, which indicates a Köppen-Trewartha subtropical palaeoclimate.","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69921962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.009
T. Denk, M. Sami, V. Teodoridis, E. Martinetto
{"title":"The late Early Pleistocene flora of Oriolo, Faenza (Italy): assembly of the modern forest biome","authors":"T. Denk, M. Sami, V. Teodoridis, E. Martinetto","doi":"10.37520/fi.2022.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.009","url":null,"abstract":"The late Early Pleistocene was the last time of equable climate in northern Central Italy, reflected in its large mammal fauna and numerous palynological records. Reliably dated leaf fossils from this time are rare, but provide crucial information on local and regional vegetation, biogeographic relationships, and species turnover coinciding with the assembly of modern forest biomes. Here we investigated a rich assemblage of leaf and fruit impressions (63 fossil-taxa) from the Oriolo quarry, Faenza (Ravenna), dated to the latest Calabrian, preserved in transgressive coastal deposits. The fossil assemblage represents riparian vegetation and xeric alluvial habitats in the lowlands and forest vegetation above the alluvial plain. Forest-building trees were deciduous, but comprised several taxa characteristic of open scrubland or forest edges. The composition of the flora reflects a dynamic process of assembling modern forest biomes in western Eurasia. While most taxa correspond to modern submediterranean and temperate woody species, some others represent late occurrences of taxa today confined to refugia outside Italy (Parrotia, Gleditsia, Pterocarya), and a few are Miocene/Pliocene relics indicating final floristic links with East Asia (Japan) and/or North America (Tsuga cf. chiarugii, Carya cf. minor) and Pleistocene endemism in Italy (Berberis auriolensis, Acer aemilianum).","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69922417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.011
C. T. Gee, D. W. Taylor, W. Rember
{"title":"First water lily, a leaf of Nymphaea sp., from the Miocene Clarkia flora, northern Idaho, USA: Occurrence, taphonomic observations, floristic implications","authors":"C. T. Gee, D. W. Taylor, W. Rember","doi":"10.37520/fi.2022.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.011","url":null,"abstract":"Although the Miocene Clarkia locality in Idaho, USA, is a well-known fossil lagerstätte, this 16-million-year-old flora is especially renowned for its abundant leaves with excellent preservation. The exquisite condition of its dicot leaves has resulted in detailed research on systematics, morphology, venation, epidermal structure, cell ultrastructure, biochemistry, and even molecular biology. However, new discoveries continue to emerge, even after five decades of research. Here we describe the first water lily leaf from the Clarkia flora as Nymphaea sp. based on its form, petiole attachment, and venation. The eccentric peltate leaf is ovate with a cordate base, a deep basal sinus, entire margins, and actinodromous primary venation. Its small, unblemished condition and leathery texture suggests that it is a young floating leaf. While rare in the Clarkia Lake deposits, the occurrence of a single water lily leaf among tens of thousands of dicot and conifer leaves follows the taphonomic pattern of nearby Middle Miocene floras, two of which have yielded Nymphaea pollen. The recognition of Nymphaea at Clarkia supplements the taxonomic composition of the flora, confirms the presence of water lilies in region during the Middle Miocene, and completes our understanding of plant life in the Pacific Northwest 16 million years ago.","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69922582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.015
J. Kvaček, J. Sakala
{"title":"Bibliography of Prof. RNDr. Zlatko Kvaček, DrSc.","authors":"J. Kvaček, J. Sakala","doi":"10.37520/fi.2022.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.015","url":null,"abstract":"This complete list of publications of Professor RNDr. Zlatko Kvaček, DrSc. (1937 – 2020) is an addition and supplementary continuation of the memorial volumes of Fossil Imprint (2021/2 and 2022/1) devoted to his work and life. The present list is compiled from three published sources: (1) in Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Ser. B – Historia Naturalis in 2007 (Kvaček, J.: Bibliography of Prof. RNDr. Zlatko Kvaček, DrSc. – Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Ser. B – Historia Naturalis, 63(2-4): 75–83), (2) in Fossil Imprint in 2018 (Sakala, J.: Bibliography of Prof. RNDr. Zlatko Kvaček, DrSc. (2007 – 2017). – Fossil Imprint, 74(1-2): 4–7) and (3) in Fossil Imprint in 2020 (Sakala, J.: Bibliography of Prof. RNDr. Zlatko Kvaček, DrSc. (2017 – 2020). – Fossil Imprint, 76(2): viii).","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69922722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fossil ImprintPub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.024
J. Žítt
{"title":"Book review. Baja California’s Coastal Landscapes Revealed: excursions in geologic time and climate change, by Markes E. Johnson, 2021, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 264 pages. ISBN-13: 9780816542529 (paperback)","authors":"J. Žítt","doi":"10.37520/fi.2022.024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.024","url":null,"abstract":"Baja California’s Coastal Landscapes Revealed: excursions in geologic time and climate change, by Markes E. Johnson, 2021, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 264 pages. ISBN-13: 9780816542529 (paperback).","PeriodicalId":12431,"journal":{"name":"Fossil Imprint","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69922718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}