Lower Permian Conifers of the Cis-Urals: Taxonomic and Morphological Diversity and Paleoecology

Аннотация

Lower Permian conifers of the Cis-Urals are reviewed, their morphological features are considered. The data on the investigated sections of the Artinskian and Kungurian of the Middle Cis-Urals are provided. The diagnosis of the species Walchia bardaeana Zalessky emend. nov is revised and emended. Paleoecological conditions of the Lower Permian conifers of the Cis-Urals and trophic preferences of some Paleozoic insects adapted for feeding on conifer and other gymnosperm seeds in western Angaraland are discussed.