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First finding of a fossil leaf imprint from the sedimentary rocks hosted the Underwater Petrified Forest natural phenomenon (Sozopol Bay, East Bulgaria)

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Here we report the first fossil leaf imprint part of a leaflet of Gleditsia cf. lyelliana (Fabaceae). The studied leaf fragment was obtained from the sedimentary successions at the bottom of the Sozopol Bay hosted the Underwater Petrified Forest natural phenomenon. This is the first fossil record of Gleditsia cf. lyelliana collected from the territorial waters of Bulgaria. The recent species Gleditsia aquatica, which is a nearest living relative of the fossil species, inhabits swamps, sloughs, bottomland forests in the Southeastern United States, suggesting close to subtropical climatic conditions at the time of deposition of the fossil material.

Source: Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society

DOI: 10.52215/rev.bgs.2024.85.3.50

Authors: Vladimir Bozukov, Stefan Velev, Lyubomir Kenderov, Docho Dochev, Ralica Sabeva

Institutions: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

Language: English

Topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4405467861

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