Email this article Fossil wood of Betula erkovetskiensis sp. nov. (Betulaceae) from the Miocene of the Erkovetskii Brown Coal Field, Amur Region, Russia
- Authors: Blokhina N.I.1, Bondarenko O.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch
- Issue: Vol 51, No 4 (2017)
- Pages: 441-452
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/167126
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030117040049
- ID: 167126
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Abstract
A new species, Betula erkovetskiensis Blokhina et O.V. Bondarenko (Betulaceae), from the deposits of the Sazanka Formation (upper Middle−Upper Miocene) of the Erkovetskii Brown Coal Field (Amur Region, Russia) is described based on anatomical features of fossil wood. The new species shows some wood anatomical characters of the extant birch subgenus Betula, B. davurica, B. nigra (section Dahuricae), and B. papyrifera (section Betula). Fossil wood of Betula is found in the Amur Region for the first time.
About the authors
N. I. Blokhina
Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch
Author for correspondence.
Email: blokhina@biosoil.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Stoletiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok, 690022
O. V. Bondarenko
Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch
Email: blokhina@biosoil.ru
Russian Federation, pr. Stoletiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok, 690022
