Palaeoxylotomical studies in the Cenozoic petrified forests of Greece. Part one – palms

Velitzelos, Dimitrios; Iamandei, Stãnilã; Iamandei, Eugenia; Velitzelos, E.

doi:10.2478/acpa-2019-0012

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“…Lesbos Island, housing the well-known petrified forest in its western peninsula and additional plant fossiliferous localities with impressive upright and fallen silicified stems of early Miocene age ( e.g ., Süss & Velitzelos, 1993 ; Süss & Velitzelos, 1994a ; Süss & Velitzelos, 1994b ; Süss & Velitzelos, 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2009 , 2010 ; Süss, 1997 , 2003 ; Mantzouka, 2016 , 2018 ; Mantzouka et al, 2013 , 2016 , 2019 ; Mantzouka, Karakitsios & Sakala, 2017 ), represents a geoheritage monument internationally recognized by UNESCO. The material from Lesbos and Lemnos Islands is documented in Mantzouka et al (2013 , 2016 , 2019) , Mantzouka, Karakitsios & Sakala (2017) , Velitzelos, Bouchal & Denk (2014) , Mantzouka (2016 , 2018) , Velitzelos et al (2019) , and Iamandei et al (2021) . Anatomical studies of wood involving the microscopic sectioning of fossil wood structures during the last decade have revealed the occurrence of Cupressaceae similar to the wood in this study also from Lemnos Island ( Mantzouka, 2016 ; Iamandei et al, 2021 ).…”

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MioceneCupressinoxylonfrom Gökçeada (Imbros), Turkey withProtophytobiacambium mining and the study of ecological signals of wood anatomy

Mantzouka

Akkemik

Güngör

2022

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Premise The recognition of the Miocene Climate Optimum (MCO) in terrestrial palaeoenvironments of the Eastern Mediterranean is restricted to Lesbos and Lemnos Islands, Greece. This area is significant for its wood microfossils. A recently-discovered fossil wood assemblage from Gökçeada (Imbros) Island, Turkey, including tree species similar to the Greek findings, is thought to have an early Miocene age. Here, we revise the age of the latter plant fossiliferous locality, re-evaluate the area for the study of MCO for the terrestrial palaeoecosystems of the Eastern Mediterranean and the nomenclature errors referring to the occurrence of fossil wood. We present the plant–insect–environment interactions using detailed anatomical descriptions, of an extinct conifer and its extinct cambium miner feeding traces observed in its secondary xylem. Methods Three thin sections were prepared with standard palaeoxylotomical techniques from a small section of the silicified wood; the sections were observed under a light microscope. The anatomy of the conifer and its damage patterns were compared with those of extant and fossil Cupressaceae and Agromyzidae, respectively. Pivotal results The common anatomical features of the studied wood specimen and Hesperocyparis macrocarpa (Hartw.) Bartel and a shared characteristic (the number of the cross-field pits – a feature we consider of diagnostic value) with Xanthocyparis vietnamensis Farjon & T.H. Nguyên led to its assignment to the Hesperocyparis–Xanthocyparis–Callitropsis clade. The detailed study of the wound scars and anatomical abnormalities, the anatomical–environmental associations, and structural–functional reactions follow the identification of the wood’s anatomy sensu Carlquist providing decisive results. Conclusions Based on the distinctive characteristics presented, we identify our macrofossil as Cupressinoxylon matromnense Grambast, a stem or an extinct lineage of the Hesperocyparis–Xanthocyparis vietnamensis–Callitropsis nootkatensis clade with feeding traces of the fossil cambium miner of the genus Protophytobia Süss (Diptera: Agromyzidae), and anatomical damage and reaction tissue on adventitious shoots. The use of Protopinaceae and Pinoxylon F. H. Knowlton from the eastern Mediterranean are re–evaluated and corrections are provided. The age of the studied plant fossiliferous locality in Gökçeada is revised as middle Miocene, allowing the proposal of an eastern Mediterranean MCO hotspot, including Lesbos, Lemnos, and Gökçeada (Imbros) Islands.

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MioceneCupressinoxylonfrom Gökçeada (Imbros), Turkey withProtophytobiacambium mining and the study of ecological signals of wood anatomy

Mantzouka

Akkemik

Güngör

2022

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“…There are some lignotaxa previously described from the Petrified Forest of Lemnos, such as Laurinoxylon ehrendorferi, Cornoxylon pappi and a problematic conifer, initially described as Pinoxylon parenchymatosum, later revised as a species of Lesbosoxylon [86]. More recently, some palm fossil taxa were described [87] and a series taxa of fossilized wood have been further identified [88], such as Cupressinoxylon akdiki, Juniperoxylon acarcae, Tetraclinoxylon velitzelosii, Taxodioxylon gypsaceum, Taxodioxylon taxodii, Glyptostroboxylon rudolphii, Glyptostroboxylon tenerum, Pinuxylon pineoides and Pinuxylon halepensoides. The next highlight of the route is the Volcanic Crater of Moschylos (G35; Figures 3, 4 and 8b).…”

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“Geo-Archaeo-Routes” on the Island of Lemnos: The “Nalture” Experience as a Holistic Geotouristic Approach within the Geoethical Perspective

Triantaphyllou,

Firkasis,

Tsourou

et al. 2023

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The geosites of Lemnos represent local touristic products that, beyond their high aesthetic value, display significant scientific links to the geological past as well as prehistory and history, archaeology, mythology and religious heritage of the island. The unique wealth of Lemnos geosites in combination with the abundance of archaeological sites, cultural monuments and museums composes the basis of what we define here as “Geo-Archaeo-Routes”: certain routes that can be geographically defined, offered, guided and finally followed by the touristic masses. The outcome of the performed quantitative Lemnos geosite assessment enables decision making, thus providing a toolbox useful for sustainable Geo-Archaeo-tourism development at a local level and forms the basis for designing “Geo-Archaeo-Routes”. “Geo-Archaeo-Routes” are particularly favorable of environmentally friendly alternative types of tourism, attracting naturalists, hikers, fans of cultural or religious tourism and many others who represent a major part of the touristic needs of the 21st century. The established hiking and road “Geo-Archaeo-Routes” on Lemnos Island may represent a distinctive touristic product as they offer a high level of “nalture” entertainment, blending “nature with culture” in the framework of a holistic geotouristic approach.

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“…1 -греческие полисы; 2 -местонахождения литифицированного дерева 26 Zouros et al 2007, 1880-1889. 27 Voudouris et al 2007Velitzelos et al 2019, 289-295. 28 Akkemik et al 2019, 133-137.…”

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Hypanis. Труды отдела классической археологии ИА РАН

2023

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Сборник научных статей по археологии, истории, эпиграфике и нумизматике Боспора античной эпохи и раннесредневекового периода истории, а также исследований памятников скифской культуры.В сборнике публикуются материалы работ, выполненных сотрудниками отделов классической и скифо-сарматской археологии ИА РАН по теме «Причерноморская и Центральноазиатская периферия античного мира и кочевнические сообщества Евразии: на перекрестке культур и цивилизаций» (номер ЕГИСУ НИОКТР 122011200269-4).УДК 902/904 ББК 63.4The find in question, coming from the tower no. 2 is a unique evidence of a Bosporan mercenary's salary during the second half of the first century BC. It can be studied together with a group of Bosporan treasures from various military settlements on the chora, which demonstrate the use of higher value bronze coins minted under Mithridates VI and Pharnaces II in Bosporan military salaries in the third quarter of the first century BC. Anonymous and Panticapaean "Apollo/eagle on lightnings" type obols in such treasures are often found together with civic and Pontic coins of Mithridatic period, as well as with Asander's archon coins. While there were no Asander's coins in the present treasure, they were found separately in this tower, as well as in others. The treasure attests to the fact that the katoikia harrisons were paid in Bosporan and Pontic obols minted in the first century BC until Polemon I. His own mercenaries, on the other hand, were paid in different bronze coins, multiples of the Roman ounce, as attested to by trea sure CH XI, 166.

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Palaeoxylotomical studies in the Cenozoic petrified forests of Greece. Part one – palms

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

MioceneCupressinoxylonfrom Gökçeada (Imbros), Turkey withProtophytobiacambium mining and the study of ecological signals of wood anatomy

MioceneCupressinoxylonfrom Gökçeada (Imbros), Turkey withProtophytobiacambium mining and the study of ecological signals of wood anatomy

“Geo-Archaeo-Routes” on the Island of Lemnos: The “Nalture” Experience as a Holistic Geotouristic Approach within the Geoethical Perspective

Hypanis. Труды отдела классической археологии ИА РАН

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