Cretaceous deposits and flora of the Muravyov-Amurskii Peninsula (Amur Bay, Sea of Japan)
Volynets E.B.
В журналеStratigraphy and Geological Correlation
Год: 2015 Том: 23 Номер: 3 Страницы: 281-299
The Cretaceous sections and plant macrofossils are investigated in detail near Vladivostok on the
MuravyovAmurskii Peninsula of southern Primorye. It is established that the Ussuri and Lipovtsy forma
tions in the reference section of the Markovskii Peninsula rest with unconformity upon Upper Triassic strata.
The continuous Cretaceous succession is revealed in the Peschanka River area of the northern Muravyov
Amurskii Peninsula, where plant remains were first sampled from the lower and upper parts of the Korkino
Group, which are determined to be the late Albian–late Cenmanian in age. The taxonomic composition of
floral assemblages from the Ussuri, Lipovtsy, and Galenki formations is widened owing to additional finds of
plant remains. The Korkino Group received floral characteristics for the first time. The Cretaceous flora of the
peninsula is represented by 126 taxa. It is established that ferns and conifers are dominant elements of the
Ussuri floral assemblage, while the Lipovtsy Assemblage is dominated by ferns, conifers, and cycadphytes. In
addition, the latter assemblage is characterized by the highest taxonomic diversity. The Galenki Assemblage
is marked by the first appearance of rare flowering plants against the background of dominant ferns and coni
fers. The Korkino floral assemblage is subdivided into two subassemblages dominated by different groups:
conifers in the early and flowering plants in the late.