Geologicheskii Vestnik

In the collections of the National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan (Ufa) is a sample of silt-sanstone with the fossil print have not to diagnose plants are very well preserved. The place of discovery is located in Salavat district of the Republic of Bashkortostan and more accurately is not attributed. Given the characteristics of the rock in which a fossil is a remnant, it is most likely that it comes from flysch Sakmara-Artinskian deposits of the lower Permian, widespread on the territory of Salavat area of the Geopark “Yangan-Tau”. The plant has a distinctive branching and split the structure of leaves, making them similar to some species Equisetophyta, Lyginipteridophyta and Ginkgophyta. Clarify the diagnosis by the professionals will help to better reconstruct the climate of the early Permian time. The searching for such well-preserved prints is a very attractive idea and can be one of the goals for the organization of special geological and paleontological excursions in the territory of the future “Yangan-Tau” Park.

Petrified plant’s print, Lower Permian, “Yangan-Tau” Geopark

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