The first record of Cooksonia from South America in Silurian rocks of Bolivia

Morel, E., Edwards, Dianne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9786-4395 and Iñigez Rodriguez, M. 1995. The first record of Cooksonia from South America in Silurian rocks of Bolivia. Geological Magazine 132 (4) , pp. 449-452. 10.1017/S0016756800021506

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Abstract

Plant megafossils resembling Cooksonia caledonica Lang aredescribed from the Kirusillas Formation in southern Bolivia.Faunal and lithological evidence together with field relation-ships advocate a late Silurian (Ludlow) age. Palaeocontinentalreconstructions suggest that the plants grew on the western edgeof Gondwana at 50–60° S and indicate that Cooksonia hadspread to higher latitudes soon after its appearance in the Wenlock.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QE Geology Q Science > QK Botany
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Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0016-7568
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 15:51
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10843

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