Research paper

Palynoflora from the Permian Stores Formation (Picos de Europa, Asturias, Northern Spain)

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MANUEL JUNCAL
Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA.

JOSÉ BIENVENIDO DIEZ
Xeociencias Mariñas e Ordenación do Territorio Department, Universidade de Vigo, 36200 Vigo, Spain. jbdiez@uvigo.es
Corresponding author

JEAN BROUTIN
Sorbonee Universités, Paléobotanique ¬ Paléoéclogie, CR2P, UPMC Paris 6-MNHN-CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France.

ENRIQUE MARTÍNEZ-GARCÍA
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, C/ Jesús Arias de Velasco, s/n, 33005, Spain.

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ABSTRACT

A new spore and pollen assemblage has been discovered in the Stores Formation (Picos de Europa, Asturias, North of Spain). The palynoflora includes: Alisporites splendens, Fimbriaesporites fimbratus, Gardenasporites heisseli, Hamiapollenites bullaeformis, Lueckisporites virkkiae, Potonieisporites novicus, Protohaploxypinus microcorpus, Vittania costabilis, Vittalina saccata, Striatopodocarpidites cf. cancellatus, Alisporites sp. Endosporites sp, Platysaccus sp., Punctatisporites sp., Verrucosisporites sp. and unidentified pollen grains and microspores. A Kungurian age is suggested for the fossil site, which has implications for the understanding of the Late Variscan evolution of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Keywords: Palynostratigraphy, Permian, Kungurian, Picos de Europa, Iberian Peninsula.

How to cite: Juncal, M. Diez, J.B. Broutin, J. & Martínez-García, E. 2016. Palynoflora from the Permian Sotres Formation (Picos de Europa, Asturias, Northern Spain).  Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 31 (1), 85-94.

Received 6 November 2015, Accepted 27 February 2016, Published 30 June 2016

https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.31.1.17140

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