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Fagaceae in the Eocene Palynoflora of the South of Primorskii Region: New Data on Taxonomy and Morphology

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Dispersed fossil pollen grains of Fagaceae from the Eocene sediments of the south of Primorskii Region have been analyzed using a scanning electron microscope. Fourteen types of Fagaceae pollen were identified: one of them represented the extinct genus Eotrigonobalanus, four were assigned to the subfamily Castaneoideae, two to the genus Fagus, and seven to the genus Quercus; four of the latter were produced by deciduous oaks (Quercus), one, by evergreen oaks (Cyclobalanoides), and two, by evergreen sclerophyllous oaks (Heterobalanus). The presence of pollen of the extinct genus Eotrigonobalanus in the study region was demonstrated for the first time. The data obtained are indicative of considerable diversity of the family Fagaceae in the Eocene of Primorskii Region.

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The study was carried out with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project 16-04-01241 and the framework of the State Task no. 0148-2019-0005 (registration number 01201352491).

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Naryshkina, N.N., Evstigneeva, T.A. Fagaceae in the Eocene Palynoflora of the South of Primorskii Region: New Data on Taxonomy and Morphology. Paleontol. J. 54, 429–439 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030120040115

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