Open AccessFOSSIL WOODS FROM BOZOVICI (SW ROMANIA)
Author(s) -
Stănilă Iamandei,
Eugenia Iamandei,
Tiberiu Stoia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta palaeontologica romaniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-3802
pISSN - 1842-371X
DOI - 10.35463/j.apr.2020.01.01
Subject(s) - geology , facies , paleontology , volcano , fauna , systematics , archaeology , geography , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , structural basin , biology
A palaeoxylotomical study was done on several samples from a private collection of petrified wood found in Bozovici area, which were taxonomically identified. Bozovici area is a small Badenian depression filled by coarse continental deposits, with some interbedded coal and volcanic tuffs. The frequent lateral facies variations and the few fossils of fresh water fauna make difficult a stratigraphic correlation of these deposits. Those samples of fossil wood were identified as remains of Glyptostroboxylon rudolphii Dolezych et Van der Burgh and Spiroplatanoxylon den-siradiatum (Petrescu) Süss and an extended discussion concerning the systematics of these taxa was made. Advanced studies on more numerous samples coming from Bozovici area could contribute to a better palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of that area, during Badenian time.