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Type: Article
Published: 2020-06-18
Page range: 164–172
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Discovery of isolated leaves of Marskea (Taxaceae) in the Middle Jurassic sediments of Irkutsk Basin (East Siberia, Russia)

Institute of the Earth’s crust Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 128 Lermontov St., Irkutsk, 664033, Russia.
Institute of the Earth’s crust Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 128 Lermontov St., Irkutsk, 664033, Russia.
Jurassic conifers Taxaceae Marskea leaf cuticles Middle Jurassic Irkutsk Basin Gymnosperms

Abstract

Study of isolated leaf compressions from Prisayan Formation outcrops on the right side of the Irkutsk reservoir resulted in identification of a new species: Marskea cuspidata sp. nov. The species has a strong morphological affinity with M. heeriana N. Nosova et Kiritchkova and T. ketovae Teslenko. The epidermis original texture differs well the Marskea cuspidata sp. nov. from other representatives of the genus Marskea which are known from the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sediments of Europe, Central Asia and Siberia.