New Palaeobotanical Data From The Satovcha Graben(Southwest Bulgaria)
Journal Title: Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue
Abstract
As a result of the contract cooperation between Regional Natural History Museum –Plovdiv and Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research-BAS over the past three years afield and cameral activity were done. The aim was to create a museum palaeobotanical collectionand to present a phytofossil exposition in the Paleontology hall of the museum. Field researcheswere committed on the Neogene florabearing deposits close to Satovcha Village (WesternRhodopes Mts.). The research was funded by RNHM-Plovdiv. Forty fife fossil taxa were definedfrom new extractedmaterial. Seven of them are new for this local palaeoflora. These are Cornusbuchii, Cyclolobium aff. brasiliense, Distylium aff. racemosa, Litsea primigenia, Picea aff.schrenkiana, Pinus peuce foss., Viburnum aff. sempervirens. In the course of determiningactivity and in compliance with modern perception for the fossil speciesBetula macrophylla, itwas revised asB. dubiosa. Registration of the taxon Distylium aff. racemosa in this localityhelped to determine the ancients forest from Yakushima island (South Japan)as a model for thevegetation and climate reconstruction in the Rhodopes Mts through the middle Miocene. Thefossil flora from the region of the Satovcha Village is characterized by its great diversity. Itcontains over 100 fossil species. This is the richest local palaeoflora in Bulgaria. Though, theascertainment of new cited taxa shows that an enrichment of its taxonomic composition ispossible by future research in the area. This opportunity should be used and studies shouldcontinue.
Authors and Affiliations
Vladimir Bozukov, Ognyan Todorov, Daniela Georgieva
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