The floristic relationship between the upland and lowland Carboniferous wetlands of Variscan Euramerica — Evidence from some medullosalean pteridosperm fronds

The floristic relationship between the upland and lowland Carboniferous wetlands of Variscan Euramerica — Evidence from some medullosalean pteridosperm fronds

Abstract Alethopteris grandinii represents remains of fronds of a medullosalean pteridosperm (probably a small tree) that rapidly migrated across the lowland wetland habitats of Variscan Euramerica in middle Asturian (late Moscovian) times. This was probably caused by changing drainage patterns with...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. Cleal, Borja Cascales-Miñana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Palaeogeography
Subjects:
Carboniferous
Coal swamps
Medullosales
Upland
Migration
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42501-019-0029-3

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