THE FIRST RECORD OF COOKSONIA FROM SOUTH-AMERICA IN SILURIAN ROCKS OFBOLIVIA

Authors
MOREL E EDWARDS D RODRIGUEZ MI
Citation
E. Morel et al., THE FIRST RECORD OF COOKSONIA FROM SOUTH-AMERICA IN SILURIAN ROCKS OFBOLIVIA, Geological Magazine, 132(4), 1995, pp. 449-452
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Geology
Journal title
Geological Magazine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00167568
Volume
132
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
449 - 452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-7568(1995)132:4<449:TFROCF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Plant megafossils resembling Cooksonia caledonica Lang are described f rom the Kirusillas Formation in southern Bolivia. Faunal and lithologi cal evidence together with field relationships advocate a late Siluria n (Ludlow) age. Palaeocontinental reconstructions suggest that the pla nts grew on the western edge of Gondwana at 50-60 degrees S and indica te that Cooksonia had spread to higher latitudes soon after its appear ance in the Wenlock.