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Paleogene coal-forming plants of the Zeya-Bureya Basin (Amur River Region)

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Coal-forming plants from the Early Paleogene coal mines of the Zeya-Bureya Basin (Amur River Region) were studied. Dispersed cuticles of taxodialeans were obtained from coals for the first time in this region. Since the Danian, taxodialeans became dominant elements in peat-forming environments and provided abundant plant material that transformed into coal.

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  1. Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Stoletiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

    V. S. Markevich & E. V. Bugdaeva

  2. Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001, Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO, 80205-5798, USA

    D. J. Nichols

  3. Shenyang Normal University, Jilin University, 253, North Huanghe Street, Shenyang, 110034, China

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Markevich, V.S., Bugdaeva, E.V., Nichols, D.J. et al. Paleogene coal-forming plants of the Zeya-Bureya Basin (Amur River Region). Paleontol. J. 44, 1321–1331 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030110100084

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