Carboniferous plant fossils from northern Turkey in the Jongmans Collection, Naturalis, Leiden
- Authors: Cleal C.J.1, Stolle E.2, van Waveren I.M.3, King S.4, Didari V.5
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Affiliations:
- Department of Natural Sciences
- EP Research
- Naturalis Biodiversity Centre
- Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens
- Department of Mining Engineering
- Issue: Vol 51, No 7 (2017)
- Pages: 770-777
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/167278
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030117070048
- ID: 167278
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Abstract
The Jongmans Collection in Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands, is an internationally important resource of paleobotanical data that includes over 4000 Carboniferous plant fossils from northern Turkey. It was the result of two field excursions by Jongmans in Turkey during 1938 and 1946, and includes specimens collected by him, and specimens donated to him by Turkish, Swiss, and Austrian colleagues. Although not comprehensive, it is the most important source of data for the study of Carboniferous vegetation dynamics and biostratigraphy in the easternmost part of Variscan Euramerica. This in turn is vital for understanding how the progressive collapse of the Euramerican wetland biome started in the Early Moscovian, a vegetation change that coincided with the onset of a marked global climatic warming.
About the authors
C. J. Cleal
Department of Natural Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: Chris.Cleal@museumwales.ac.uk
United Kingdom, Cardiff CF10 3NP, London
E. Stolle
EP Research
Email: Chris.Cleal@museumwales.ac.uk
Germany, Hoetmarer Str. 17, Ennigerloh-Westkirchen, 59320
I. M. van Waveren
Naturalis Biodiversity Centre
Email: Chris.Cleal@museumwales.ac.uk
Netherlands, Postbus 9517, Leiden, 2300 RA
S. King
Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens
Email: Chris.Cleal@museumwales.ac.uk
United Kingdom, York YO1 7FR, London
V. Didari
Department of Mining Engineering
Email: Chris.Cleal@museumwales.ac.uk
Turkey, Zonguldak