Fossil wood of  Pinus priamurensis  sp. nov. (Pinaceae) from the Miocene deposits of the Erkovetskii Brown Coal Field, Amur Region

N. I. Blokhina; O. V. Bondarenko

doi:10.1134/S0031030116030023

Fossil wood of Pinus priamurensis sp. nov. (Pinaceae) from the Miocene deposits of the Erkovetskii Brown Coal Field, Amur Region

Authors: Blokhina N.I.¹, Bondarenko O.V.¹
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch
Issue: Vol 50, No 3 (2016)
Pages: 311-318
Section: Article
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/166363
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030116030023
ID: 166363

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Abstract

New species of the pine fossil wood, Pinus priamurensis sp. nov. (Pinaceae) from the Sazanka Formation (upper Middle Miocene–Upper Miocene) of the Erkovetskii Brown Coal Field (Amur Region) is described. The new species shares some wood anatomical features with modern species of the subsection Pinus (section Pinus, subgenus Pinus). This is the first record of fossil wood of Pinus in the Amur Region.

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Pinaceae, Pinus, wood anatomy, upper Middle–Upper Miocene, Amur Region

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N. I. Blokhina

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch

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Email: blokhina@biosoil.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Stoletiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok, 690022

O. V. Bondarenko