The Early Cretaceous coal‐forming plants of southern part of East Siberia and Russian Far East |
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| Authors: | Eugenia V Bugdaeva Valentina S Markevich |
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| Affiliation: | Laboratory of Paleobotany, Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia |
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| Abstract: | For the first time the plants that gave rise to the Early Cretaceous coals of Transbaikalia (Khilok, Chita‐Ingoda, Bukachacha, and Turga‐Kharanor basins), Amur River region (Bureya Basin), and Primorye region (Razdolnaya River and Partizansk River basins) have been obtained. The plants that produced coals mainly belong to the ginkgoaleans (Pseudotorellia, Sphenobaiera, and Baierella), bennettites, and conifers having pinaceous, taxodiaceous, araucariaceous affinity, as well as extinct cheirolepidiaceous and miroviaceous plants. A parallel palynological study has identified a number of the same elements in addition to the cyatheaceous, gleicheniaceous, osmundaceous, and schizaeaceous ferns. |
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| Keywords: |
Amur River region coal‐forming plants
Cretaceous
Primorye region
Transbaikalia |
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