Jurassic and Cretaceous Charophyta of Western Canada

Jurassic and Cretaceous Charophyta of Western Canada

Jurassic and Cretaceous charophytes of Western Canada (Saskatchewan and Alberta) are known from two narrow stratigraphic intervals and parts of the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) and Aptian (Early Cretaceous) sequences of the prairie sequences. Thirteen species are accounted for with, twelve from the B...

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Published in:Micropaleontology Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 357 - 369
Main Authors: Georgescu, Marius Dan, Braun, Willi Klaus
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: American Museum of Natural History 01-01-2006
The Micropaleontology Project., Inc
Subjects:
Aclistochara
Alberta
algae
Aptian
Aptian age
Bathonian
Bathonian age
Canada
Characeae
Charophyta
Chlorophyta
Cretaceous
floral studies
Fresh water
Geology
Jurassic
Kimmeridgian age
Latochara
lithostratigraphy
Lower Cretaceous
Mesochara voluta
Mesozoic
Microfossils
Micropaleontology
Middle Jurassic
morphology
Oogonia
Paleobotany
Peckisphaera verticillata
Plantae
Porochara
Saskatchewan
Sediments
southern Alberta
southern Saskatchewan
Taxonomy
Western Canada
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Summary:Jurassic and Cretaceous charophytes of Western Canada (Saskatchewan and Alberta) are known from two narrow stratigraphic intervals and parts of the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) and Aptian (Early Cretaceous) sequences of the prairie sequences. Thirteen species are accounted for with, twelve from the Bathonian and three from the Aptian. The Bathonian assemblage in one of the richest worldwide, and it provides valuable insight on the earliest phase of the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous radiation of the group.
ISSN:0026-2803
1937-2795
DOI:10.2113/gsmicropal.52.4.357