Devonian land plants of Brazil and its biostratigraphical significance

Authors

  • Willian Mikio Kurita Matsumura Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul image/svg+xml
  • Roberto Iannuzzi Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v10i1.490

Keywords:

Paleobotany, Phytostratigraphy, Devonian, Amazonas Basin, Paraná Basin, Parnaíba Basin

Abstract

Devonian paleobotanical record in Brazil has been recently rescued from the literature and investigated through new findings, mainly in Paraná and Parnaíba basins. These new findings have been enabled taxonomic, taphonomic and phytostratigraphic studies. This study aims to characterize the Brazilian Devonian flora, from some descriptions of fossil plants from the three sedimentary basins (Amazonas, Paraná and Parnaíba basins), to illustrate the stratigraphic position and its biostratigrphical significance. All lithostratigraphical units containing fossil plants were compiled and correlated. In total, we raised 19 genera of fossil plants distributed throughout the Lochkovian-Famennian interval. From the range of genera were identified three stratigraphic intervals and two distinct floral stages, named Cooksonia-Hostinella and Haplostigma-Spongiophyton.

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Published

04/30/2015

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015): Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais

Section

Dossiê

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How to Cite

Matsumura, W. M. K., & Iannuzzi, R. (2015). Devonian land plants of Brazil and its biostratigraphical significance. Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais, 10(1), 19-36. https://doi.org/10.46357/bcnaturais.v10i1.490

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