Revisiting the Rebreuve plant assemblage from the Lower Devonian of Artois, northern France

Capel, Eliott; Prestianni, Cyrille; Cascales Minana, Francisco De Borja

Document type :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1080/23818107.2022.2101516

Title :

Revisiting the Rebreuve plant assemblage from the Lower Devonian of Artois, northern France

Author(s) :

Capel, Eliott [Auteur]
Prestianni, Cyrille [Auteur]
Cascales Minana, Francisco De Borja [Auteur]
Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]

Journal title :

Botany Letters

Publisher :

Taylor & Francis

Publication date :

2022

ISSN :

2381-8107

English keyword(s) :

Lower Devonian
France
plant fossils
Rebreuve
Sawdonia
Psilophyton
Drepanophycus
Plant fossils

HAL domain(s) :

Planète et Univers [physics]/Sciences de la Terre/Paléontologie

English abstract : [en]

French Lower Devonian floras are rare, especially compared to certain other Western European countries. In this study, we reassess an assemblage collected in the 1930s in the Rebreuve quarry (Pas-de-Calais, northern France). ...
Show more >French Lower Devonian floras are rare, especially compared to certain other Western European countries. In this study, we reassess an assemblage collected in the 1930s in the Rebreuve quarry (Pas-de-Calais, northern France). We describe new features in several taxa and update taxonomic names from original descriptions. For instance, re-examination of vegetative remains previously described as Psilophyton princeps, led to the discovery of fertile structures allowing us to refer these specimens to Sawdonia. In total, this flora consists of ten taxa, including up to four different Psilophyton species, such as P. parvulum. Other taxa include Danziella artesiana, Drepanophycus cf. spinaeformis, Sporogonites exuberans and some specimens of Taeniocrada and Sciadophyton, revealing a diverse Lower Devonian plant assemblage. The Rebreuve assemblage represents a typical Emsian flora from Laurussia and bears striking resemblance with coeval Belgian assemblages. Previous palynological investigations, in addition to the similarities with well-dated Belgian floras, suggest an early Emsian age for this assemblage. The paleogeographical implications of findings are discussed.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

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Non

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