A 25 million year macrofloral record (Carboniferous–Permian) in the Czech part of the Intra-Sudetic Basin; biostratigraphy, plant diversity and vegetation patterns

Opluštil, Stanislav; Šimůnek, Zbyněk; Pšenička, Josef; Bek, Jiřı́; Libertı́n, Milan

doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.11.011

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“…Charbonnier, 2014). Other similar plant assemblages supporting a Stephanian C age for Coll de Sas floras are those from the Saar-Nahe basin of Germany (Kerp and Fichter, 1985;Uhl and Jasper, 2016), the Czech Republic basins (Opluštil et al, 2013(Opluštil et al, , 2017a(Opluštil et al, , 2017b, as well as from the further western Pangean equatorial basins (e.g., New…”

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Aridification across the Carboniferous–Permian transition in central equatorial Pangea: The Catalan Pyrenean succession (NE Iberian Peninsula)

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Sedimentary Geology

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The Carboniferous-Permian terrestrial successions record a global climatic shift from icehouse to hothouse conditions. Our multidisciplinary study documents an aridification trend throughout the ~1000 m thick composite terrestrial succession of the western Catalan Pyrenees (NE Iberian Peninsula), representing this time period. The detailed stratigraphic framework integrates sedimentology, paleopedology, biochronology (plant 2 fossils and tetrapod footprints) and geochronology (paleomagnetism). Additional absolute age correlation is also carried out. The new and reviewed data show that the late Carboniferous wet environments (with short drought periods) progressively changed to a strong seasonal semi-arid and arid climate (with short humid periods) through the early Permian. This paleoclimatic trend supports the previously suggested aridification of the Pangean pan-tropical belt, and supports the hypothesis of the influence of the recurrent climatic fluctuations in Central Pangea, being tentatively correlated to the Southern Gondwanan glaciation-deglaciation periods. Therefore, the Carboniferous-Permian terrestrial succession from the Catalan Pyrenees emerges as a continuous record that can help to constrain late Paleozoic paleoenvironmental events.

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Aridification across the Carboniferous–Permian transition in central equatorial Pangea: The Catalan Pyrenean succession (NE Iberian Peninsula)

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Marmi

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“…Mägdefrau, ), the Ludwikowice and Odolov formations in the Polish and Czech parts, respectively, of the Intra‐Sudetic Basin (e.g. Opluštil et al ., ), the Štikov Arkoses from the Kumburk Formation of the Krkonoše Piedmont Basin (Mencl et al ., ; Opluštil et al ., 2016b), the Týnec and Líně formations of the Kladno‐Rakovník and Pilsen basins (Opluštil et al ., , 2016a), the Heusweiler Formation of the Saar‐Nahe Basin (e.g. Weithofer, ), and the Graissessac Formation of the Graissessac Basin (Galtier et al ., ).…”

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Late Palaeozoic red beds elucidate fluvial architectures preserving large woody debris in the seasonal tropics of central Pangaea

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Fluvial red beds containing anatomically preserved large woody debris shed new light on seasonally dry biomes of the Pennsylvanian-Permian transition and elucidate the concurrence of river depositional systems and vegetation. As a result, the occurrence, distribution and preservation of petrified large woody debris accumulations are considered crucial to understanding the role of arborescent vegetation in shaping fluvial environments. This study reports sizeable silicified trunks and corresponding fluvial architectures from the uppermost Pennsylvanian (upper Gzhelian) Siebigerode Formation (Kyffh€ auser, central Germany). The origin, taphonomy and depositional environment of the fossil woods are elucidated by using a multidisciplinary approach including geological mapping, lithofacies analysis, sediment petrography, wood anatomical studies and microstructure analyses. Results reflect the gradual burial of a gentle basement elevation by sand-bed to gravel-bed braided rivers at the northwestern margin of the perimontane Saale Basin. Facies architectures resulted from a complex interplay of syndepositional tectonics, repeated palaeorelief rejuvenation, high-frequency channel avulsion, seasonally dry climate and woody debris-sediment interactions. The alluvial influx and cut-bank erosion recruited trunks from adjacent semi-riparian slope habitats vegetated by up to 40 m tall cordaitaleans and conifers. High discharge in wide braids facilitated uncongested transport of large woody debris. Trunk entombment and initial preservation resulted from grounding on barforms, anchoring by attached roots and subsequent burial. The post-depositional two-phase silicification was influenced by hydrothermal hematite mineralization and determined a selective wood preservation pattern known as 'pointstone'. Large woody debris-induced sedimentary structures ('LWDISS') are introduced as a class of sediment structures formed by the biogenic impact on terrestrial deposition.

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“…Fossil record served as an important tool for correlation of fossiliferous strata, mostly coal groups and lacustrine horizons. The thorough overview of history of the research in the basin provided Tásler et al (1979), Pešek et al (2001) and Opluštil et al (2017).…”

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“…It is characterised by a long depositional history ranging from late Viséan to early Triassic times. While the macrofloral record from the Czech part of the basin spans a period from the late Viséan to the Asselian (Opluštil et al 2017), available palynological data cover an interval from early Bashkirian (early Pennsylvanian) to the Asselian (early Permian). The basin bears economically significant coal deposits exploited systematically since the beginning of the 19 th century (Tásler et al 1979) to the closure of the last coal mine in 2009.…”

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“…In this paper we focus on previously unpublished palynological research and attempt to assemble all existing palynological data from the Czech part of the basin to provide a complete list of taxa and their precise stratigraphic ranges. This list, in turn, serves as a base for an analysis of the diversity of palynological assemblages and their comparison with macroflora diversity in the same stratigraphic intervals (Opluštil et al 2017). Available CA-ID TIMS radioisotopic ages of zircons from intercalated volcaniclastic beds in the Czech part of the basin further allow for the calibration of palynozones and biotic events marked by significant changes in palynofloras and, in turn, in macrofloras (Opluštil et al 2016a, b).…”

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Early Pennsylvanian to early Permian (Bashkirian-Asselian) miospore and pollen assemblages of the Czech part of the Intra-Sudetic Basin

Bek¹,

Opluštil²

2021

Bull. Geosci.

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Unpublished data resulting from extensive palynological investigation of coal and carbonaceous rocks from more than thirty boreholes, drilled in the Czech sector of the Intra-Sudetic Basin in the second half of the 20 th century, were taxonomically upgraded and analysed for stratigraphic and systematic evaluation. In total 78 genera and 322 miospore and pollen species have been recorded within a radioisotopically constrained ~21 Ma long interval from middle Bashkirian to early Asselian times, i.e. between 318 and 297 Ma. The miospore and pollen assemblages of coal seams are characteristic by the occurrence of stratigraphically important genera (e.g. Waltzispora, Radiizonates, Tripartites, Kosankeisporites, Gillespieisporites, Cadiospora, Angulisporites, Latensina, Lueckisporites, Spinosporites) and taxa recorded only within each member with the combination of quantitative data. Five new palynozones of the basin are recognised. All miospore and pollen taxa are divided into categories based on their plant affinity for the comparison of palynological and macrofloral records in terms of the diversity and vegetation patterns based on the combination of unpublished palynological and freshly published plant fossil records. • Key words: palynology, spores and pollen, Intra-Sudetic Basin, Pennsylvanian.Bek, J. & Opluštil, S. 2021. Early Pennsylvanian to early Permian (Bashkirian-Asselian) miospore and pollen assemblages of the Czech part of the Intra-Sudetic Basin. Bulletin of Geosciences 96(3), 341-379 (15 figures, 3 tables, appendix, electronic supplement). Czech Geological Survey, Prague.

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A 25 million year macrofloral record (Carboniferous–Permian) in the Czech part of the Intra-Sudetic Basin; biostratigraphy, plant diversity and vegetation patterns

Cited by 34 publications

References 73 publications

Aridification across the Carboniferous–Permian transition in central equatorial Pangea: The Catalan Pyrenean succession (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Aridification across the Carboniferous–Permian transition in central equatorial Pangea: The Catalan Pyrenean succession (NE Iberian Peninsula)

Late Palaeozoic red beds elucidate fluvial architectures preserving large woody debris in the seasonal tropics of central Pangaea

Early Pennsylvanian to early Permian (Bashkirian-Asselian) miospore and pollen assemblages of the Czech part of the Intra-Sudetic Basin

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