Paleoecological and Depositional Environment of Permian Copper-Bearing Sandstone Fossil Plants and Tetrapod Localities: Records from Bashkortostan and Kargalka River Basin, Orenburg Region, Russia

• Published in: Paleontological journal Vol. 56; no. 11; pp. 1538 - 1555
• Main Authors: Naugolnykh, S. V., Ivanov, A. V., Uliakhin, A. V., Novikov, I. V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01-12-2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biota; Copper; Copper industry; Copper ores; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Fossils; Mineral industry; Mining industry; Paleoecology; Paleontology; Permian; Plant fossils; River basins; Runoff; Sandstone; Sedimentary rocks; Technical institutes; Vegetal fossils; Permian; copper sandstones; paleoecology; plants; terrestrial tetrapods
• ISSN: 0031-0301; 1555-6174
• DOI: 10.1134/S0031030122110120

The biota from the Middle Permian copper-bearing sandstones of the South Urals is comprehensively assessed. Paleofloristic data are recorded from the most important localities. The terrestrial tetrapod assemblage from the copper-bearing sandstones of the South Urals (based on the Kargaly Copper Mines, Orenburg Region, Russia) is described. A paleogeographic and paleoenvironmental reconstruction is proposed for the depositional settings of the terrestrial biota localities in the copper-bearing sandstones of the Cis-Urals. It is suggested that these localities were formed in high-energy settings, and result from increased runoff of siliciclastics from the western slope of the Paleourals.