
A new species of extinct genus Lycopodites from Lower to Middle Jurassic sediments of Irkutsk coal basin (Eastern Siberia)
Andrei O. Frolov and Irina M. Mashchuk
Global Geology ›› 2014, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (1) : 1-10.
A new species of extinct genus Lycopodites from Lower to Middle Jurassic sediments of Irkutsk coal basin (Eastern Siberia)
In Jurassic sediments of Siberia,remains of Lycopodites are rare in occurrence. They are represented by two species: Lycopodites tenerrimus Heer,and L. (?) trichiatus Pryn. This paper presents an emended diag- nosis of the species L.(?) trichiatus Pryn.,and the descriptions of two new species: Lycopodites subulifolius sp. nov.,and L. baikalensis sp. nov. from the Early--Middle Jurassic sediments of the Irkutsk coal basin,Eastern Siberia,Russia. As part of the research effort,it was found that the ecological preference of the new species was different: Lycopodites subulifolius sp. nov. grew in wet and open spaces,while Lycopodites baikalensis sp. nov. preferred to colonize young growth of bog forests.
Lycopodites / Early-Middle Jurassic / Prisayan Formation / moist habitats
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