<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Carboniferous Cucuiova Formation of the Sirinia Basin, Danubian Units, in Almăj Mountains, South Carpathians, yields a highly diverse yet rare compressive flora representing significant heritage values of the “Iron Gates” Natural Park. This flora includes pteridophytes (lycopsids, sphenopsids, filicopsids) and gymnosperms (pteridosperms and conifers), some of these representatives being important coal generators during the Late Carboniferous times. The facies features, distribution and paleofloral features of the Cucuiova Formation are discussed in the framework of the Sirinia Basin. The lycopsid <italic>Lepidophloios acerosus</italic> Lindley and Hutton 1831 is reported for the first time in Romania from the Cucuiova Formation in Dragosela Valley, in the central part of the “Iron Gates” Natural Park.</p></abstract>

The Carboniferous Cucuiova Formation of the Sirinia Basin, Danubian Units, in Almăj Mountains, South Carpathians, yields a highly diverse yet rare compressive flora representing significant heritage values of the “Iron Gates” Natural Park. This flora includes pteridophytes (lycopsids, sphenopsids, filicopsids) and gymnosperms (pteridosperms and conifers), some of these representatives being important coal generators during the Late Carboniferous times. The facies features, distribution and paleofloral features of the Cucuiova Formation are discussed in the framework of the Sirinia Basin. The lycopsid Lepidophloios acerosus Lindley and Hutton 1831 is reported for the first time in Romania from the Cucuiova Formation in Dragosela Valley, in the central part of the “Iron Gates” Natural Park.

<italic>Lepidophloios acerosus</italic> Lindley and Hutton 1831 in the Carboniferous Cucuiova Formation, “Iron Gates” Natural Park (Banat, Romania)

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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 Lindley and Hutton 1831 in the Carboniferous Cucuiova Formation, “Iron Gates” Natural Park (Banat, Romania)

The Carboniferous Cucuiova Formation of the Sirinia Basin, Danubian Units, in Almăj Mountains, South Carpathians, yields a highly diverse yet rare compressive...

Lepidophloios acerosus Lindley and Hutton 1831 in the Carboniferous Cucuiova Formation, “Iron Gates” Natural Park (Banat, Romania)

Published Online: Nov 17, 2016

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0029

Keywords
Cucuiova Formation, Carboniferous, fossil plants, Sirinia Basin, Almăj Mountains, “Iron Gates” Natural Park

© 2014 Mihai Emilian Popa, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Lepidophloios acerosus Lindley and Hutton 1831 in the Carboniferous Cucuiova Formation, “Iron Gates” Natural Park (Banat, Romania)

Published Online: Nov 17, 2016

Page range: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0029

KeywordsCucuiova Formation, Carboniferous, fossil plants, Sirinia Basin, Almăj Mountains, “Iron Gates” Natural Park

© 2014 Mihai Emilian Popa, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Cucuiova Formation, Carboniferous, fossil plants, Sirinia Basin, Almăj Mountains, “Iron Gates” Natural Park