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The Pennsylvanian Pecopteris ticleanui sp. nov. from Secu, Reșiţa Basin, Romania

2010; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3140/bull.geosci.1200

1802-8225

Mihai Emilian Popa, Josef Pšenička,

Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

The new species Pecopteris ticleanui sp.nov. is described and figured from Secu, Reșiţa Basin, South Carpathians, Romania, from the Pennsylvanian deposits of the Reșiţa Formation.The studied material included both mature and immature frond fragments.The species is rare in both the Reșiţa Basin and generally in the South Carpathians.Pecopteris ticleanui sp.nov. is an Asturian-Stephanian species, suggesting the same age for the Secu facies of the Reșiţa Formation.The new species belongs to a rich pecopterid assemblage which contains more than 20 pecopterid taxa.