Blokhina N.I., Bondarenko O.V.
В журнале Acta Palaeobotanica
Год: 2011 Том: 51 Номер: 1 Страницы: 19-37
This paper focuses on the fossil wood assemblage from the Pavlovskii brown coal fi eld located in the southern Primory’e Region of the Russian Far East and puts these fi ndings in context of a review of previous work on the other fossil material (i.e. palynomorphs and seed remains) and thus presents the most complete interpretation of plant communities and environments of southern Primory’e in the Pliocene. The wood remains were probably transported to the site of deposition by the fl uvial activity of one of the tributaries of the palaeoRazdol’naya River, and that tributary, perhaps, was at the left side of the palaeo-Razdol’naya River and arose in the spurs of the southern Sikhote-Alin Range. The xylotaphocoenosis suggests a mixture of plant remains from both valley and slope habitats. The fossil wood assemblage has enabled the most detailed reconstruction of the woody plant communities and their environments. The Pliocene valley vegetation comprised forest dominated by conifers and elms, whilst the slopes were covered by either mixed coniferous-hardwood or coniferous forest. Profi le diagrams of the forest covered the area of Pavlovskaya Group of Depressions in Pliocene are given for the fi rst time.
