Early Miocene flora of the intramontane Žagubica Basin (Serbian Carpatho-Balkanides)

Authors: Lazarević, Zorica; Milivojević, Jelena

Source: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, Volume 256, Number 2, May 2010 , pp. 141-150(10)

Publisher: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung

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Abstract:

The Žagubica Neogene represents a large intramontane basin in the east Serbian Carpatho-Balkanides. Plant remains were collected in four localities of the Žagubica Basin, all in the north to north-east, near the basin margin or from streambeds. The fossil flora were analyzed taxonomically, palaeoecologically and stratigraphically. In the assemblage of the Žagubica Basin, species representing evergreen rain forests, especially Daphnogene, predominate. The fossil plant assemblage of the Žagubica reflects subtropical, humid vegetation. Due to the uncertain palaeofaunistic data, the fossil flora is dated according to similarity with so-called "fixed" floras and other similar floras from Serbia. The age of sediments with plant remains is assumed to be the Ottnangian-Karpatian (Early Miocene).

Keywords: MACROFLORA; EARLY MIOCENE; PALAEOECOLOGY; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; SERBIA

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0039

Publication date: 2010-05-01

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