Glasspool, Ian J., Edwards, Dianne  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-4395 and Axe, Lindsey
2006.
Charcoal in the Early Devonian: A wildfire-derived Konservat–Lagerstätte.
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
142
(3-4)
, pp. 131-136.
10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.021
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Abstract
Anatomically preserved Earliest Devonian plant mesofossils from a stream section in the Welsh Borderland are quantitatively demonstrated to be charcoal, and are the pyrolysis products of ancient wildfires. These wildfire events preserved a diversity of plants and a level of anatomical detail that is unrivalled by other Lochkovian localities, and as a result have provided important insights into the early evolution of land plants. This diverse assemblage, which displays exceptional preservation of volatile non-mineralised tissues, is an example of instantaneous fossilization and the locality is proposed as a Konservat–Lagerstätte. It is the first record of a wildfire-derived Lagerstätte and as such, expands the diversity of recognized conservation traps.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Earth and Environmental Sciences |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QE Geology Q Science > QK Botany |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Lagerstätte; Devonian; Lochkovian; wildfire; charcoal |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0034-6667 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Oct 2022 12:30 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10117 |
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