An Early Cretaceous flora from Cusano Mutri, Benevento, southern Italy

Bartiromo, Antonello; Barale, Georges; Lumaga, Maria Rosaria Barone; Bravi, Sergio; Barattolo, Filippo

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.09.006

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“…Comparison with other fossil taxa. -The plant megafossil that is most similar to Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceus is Montsechia vidalii (Zeiller) Teixeira from much older (Early Cretaceous, Barremian) lacustrine deposits at El Montsec and Las Hoyas in Spain (Gomez & al., 2015) and the late Aptian of Italy (Bartiromo & al., 2012). This similarity was recognized by Zeiller (1902), who originally assigned M. vidalii to Pseudoasterophyllites.…”

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Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceusfrom the Cenomanian (Cretaceous) of the Czech Republic: A possible link between Chloranthaceae andCeratophyllum

Kvaček

Doyle

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Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceus from the Cenomanian of Bohemia was recently recognized as an angiosperm by association with stamens containing monosulcate pollen of the Tucanopollis type. New material indicates that the stamens were borne in short spikes, with each stamen subtended by a bract, whereas the carpels were solitary and contained a single pendent, orthotropous ovule. We have investigated the phylogenetic position of Pseudoasterophyllites by including it in a morphological analysis of extant angiosperms using backbone constraint trees that represent the current range of hypotheses on relationships of the five mesangiosperm clades. With a backbone tree in which Chloranthaceae are linked with magnoliids and Ceratophyllum with eudicots, the most parsimonious position of Pseudoasterophyllites is sister to Chloranthaceae, but a sister-group relationship to Ceratophyllum is only one step less parsimonious. With a backbone tree in which Chloranthaceae and Ceratophyllum form a clade, Pseudoasterophyllites is sister to Ceratophyllum, based on derived features shared with both Chloranthaceae and Ceratophyllum plus solitary female flowers (as in Ceratophyllum). Similar results are obtained when Pseudoasterophyllites is added to the analysis with other fossils inferred to be related to Chloranthaceae and/or Ceratophyllum. If the plants that produced Tucanopollis pollen in the Barremian-Aptian of Africa-South America are related to Pseudoasterophyllites, these results suggest that Chloranthaceae and Ceratophyllum are relicts of one of the most important early radiations of angiosperms, which included not only colonizers of disturbed terrestrial habitats but also halophytes and aquatics.

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Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceusfrom the Cenomanian (Cretaceous) of the Czech Republic: A possible link between Chloranthaceae andCeratophyllum

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“…Two main groups of Cheirolepidiaceae are generally recognized based on differences in their shoot morphology: the so-called frenelopsids and nonfrenelopsids. Frenelopsids have predominantly a whorled phyllotaxis and the representative genera (e.g., Frenelopsis and Pseudofrenelopsis) are found mainly in Laurasia (Alvin et al, 1981;Alvin, 1982;Francis, 1983;Watson, 1988;Clement-Westerhof and van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, 1991;Zhou, 1995;Guignard et al, 1998;Watson and Alvin, 1999;Daviero et al, 2001;Gomez et al, 2002b;Axsmith, 2006;Yang et al, 2006;Mendes et al, 2010;Bartiromo et al, 2012), but a few are also known from Gondwana (Watson, 1983;Kunzmann et al, 2006;Sucerquia et al, 2008). The non-frenelopsids have leaves borne in a spiral arrangement and include representatives of genera such as Brachyphyllum (Watson, 1988;Du et al, 2013) and Watsoniocladus (Srinivasan, 1995) from Laurasia, and Tomaxellia and Tarphyderma (Archangelsky, 1963(Archangelsky, , 1966(Archangelsky, , 1968Taylor, 1986, 1991;Villar de Seoane, 1998;Kunzmann et al, 2006) from Gondwana.…”

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Cheirolepidiacean foliage and pollen from Cretaceous high-latitudes of southeastern Australia

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“…with local development of bauxite and lacustrine or saltmarsh to evaporite deposits, depending on major shifts in hydroclimatic conditions (Mindszenty et al, 1995;Carannante et al, 2007;Simone et al, 2012;Graziano & Raspini, 2015;Graziano et al, 2016;Bartiromo et al, 2019). Distinct fossil Lagerst€ atten, 0.5 to 1.5 m thick on average, were therefore formed as major stratigraphic key markers during the longest sea-level lowstands in the Aptian-Cenomanian (Bravi et al, 2004;Bartiromo et al, 2012Bartiromo et al, , 2019Graziano et al, 2016). Figure 2 reports the resulting continental and paralic fossiliferous Lagerst€ atten in the upper Aptian-lower Albian of the ApCP in the south-east Matese Mountains which is being increasingly referred to as a crucial area for understanding the high-frequency mid-Cretaceous palaeoclimatic dynamics in a supra-regional perspective (Graziano et al, 2016).…”

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New insights into the palaeoenvironmental–palaeoclimatic significance and sedimentary dynamics of carbonate Lagerstätten: The lower Albian of Pietraroja (Southern Italy)

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Bartiromo

2023

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This study reports the first high‐resolution, integrated facies analysis of the lowermost Albian Pietraroja Lagerstätten (Apennine Carbonate Platform) which yields the first dinosaur (Scipionyx samniticus) found in Italy and other terrestrial vertebrates and plants. Aiming to clarify the long‐debated palaeoenvironmental significance of the Pietraroja succession, the following have been carried out: (i) a field survey to establish stratigraphic position and number of the fossil Lagerstätten; (ii) the centimetre‐scale facies analysis of a new section, ca 15 m‐thick, consisting of two new lithostratigraphic units, the ‘Cyclically organized Limestones’ and the ‘Cherty Limestones’; (iii) the scanning electron microscopy – energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy and backscattered electron – energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy analyses of clay mineral proxies for palaeoclimate and non‐carbonate grains; and (iv) the regional and supra‐regional investigation of the event stratigraphical context of the fossil Lagerstätten, in order to elucidate the controls on their formation. The section includes two out of the three observed fossil‐rich Lagerstätten, each up to 1.5 m‐thick. The arrangement of lithofacies and early diagenetic overprint defines shallow‐water depositional cycles suggestive of precession and short‐eccentricity periodicities. The Middle Lagerstätte yielding Scipionyx samniticus consists of three intervals. The lower, paralic interval was deposited during arid conditions and passes gradually to the plant‐rich, coastal wetland carbonaceous marls of the upper interval. The ‘Cherty Limestones’, yielding the Upper Lagerstätte with terrestrial vertebrates, contains two spiculitic intervals suggesting the development of siliceous sponge meadows in a shallow, restricted lagoon. Genetic stratigraphy suggests that the Pietraroja Lagerstätten were formed during glacioeustatic lowstands; interestingly, the Middle Lagerstätte mirrors the earliest Albian sea‐level lowstand (KAl1 event, ca 111.2 Myr), during a semi‐continuous supply of windblown volcaniclastics. Findings herein substantiate the pivotal role of paralic‐continental Lagerstätten for deriving high‐frequency palaeoclimatic dynamics and glacioeustacy from carbonate platform archives. The origin of Tethyan continental bridges between Africa and Europe during the late Aptian–earliest Albian cold interval is discussed.

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An Early Cretaceous flora from Cusano Mutri, Benevento, southern Italy

Cited by 20 publications

References 62 publications

Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceusfrom the Cenomanian (Cretaceous) of the Czech Republic: A possible link between Chloranthaceae andCeratophyllum

Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceusfrom the Cenomanian (Cretaceous) of the Czech Republic: A possible link between Chloranthaceae andCeratophyllum

Cheirolepidiacean foliage and pollen from Cretaceous high-latitudes of southeastern Australia

New insights into the palaeoenvironmental–palaeoclimatic significance and sedimentary dynamics of carbonate Lagerstätten: The lower Albian of Pietraroja (Southern Italy)

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