Fossil wood from the Neogene of the Kilyos coastal area in Istanbul, Turkey

Akkemik U., Akkilic H., Gungor Y.

PALAEONTOGRAPHICA ABTEILUNG B-PALAEOPHYTOLOGIE PALAEOBOTANY-PALAEOPHYTOLOGY, cilt.299, ss.133-185, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 299
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1127/palb/2019/0065
  • Dergi Adı: PALAEONTOGRAPHICA ABTEILUNG B-PALAEOPHYTOLOGIE PALAEOBOTANY-PALAEOPHYTOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.133-185
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Petrified wood, Thrace, Danismen Formation, early Miocene, Kilyos, EARLY MIOCENE, DICOTYLEDONOUS WOODS, SP-NOV, PETRIFIED FOREST, LATE OLIGOCENE, BASIN, TERTIARY, PLIOCENE, EOCENE, TAXODIOXYLON
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

Identification of petrified wood from any part of the world provides valuable information on forest structure and palaeoclimate of the geological past. In this study petrified wood from the early Miocene of the Kilyos coastal area near Istanbul (Turkey) is identified. Thin sections in the three standard planes were made from the 24 samples, of which eleven fossil wood types were determined as Taxodioxylon gypsaceum, Mimosoxylon ceratonioides AKKEMIK sp. nov., Fagoxylon francofurtense, Quercoxylon courpierence, Quercus sect. Quercus, Pterocaryoxylon rhoifidia, Pterocaryoxylon tuncayi AKKEMIK sp. nov., Laurinoxylon litseoides, Laurinoxylon thomasii AKKEMIK sp. nov., Platanoxylon catenatum, and Prunoidoxylon aytugii AKKEMIK sp. nov. All fossil-species are described in derail and botanical affinities are discussed. Identification keys for all fossil-species within the following taxa are given: Mimosoxylon, Fagoxylon, Quercus (Quercoxylon) sect. Quercus, Pterocaryoxylon, Laurinoxylon, Platanoxylon, and Prunoidoxylon. Based on the identified fossilgenera, finally, the results support previous palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. During the early Miocene coastal lowland areas including alluvial sires expanded in eastern Thrace occupied by swampy, riparian and well-drained lowland forests.