The krasser collection in the faculty of sciences, charles university, Prague – new insights into the middle jurassic flora of Sardinia

Evelyn Kustatscher, , Giovanni G. Scanu (1, 2) , Jiri Kvacek (3) , Johanna H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert

1 UniCa - Università degli Studi di Cagliari = University of Cagliari
2 UMR AMAP - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations
3 National Museum

Revision of part of the Middle Jurassic flora of Sardinia, the Krasser collection, stored in Prague (Lovisato B collection), containing 23 fossil taxa of horsetails, ferns, cycadophytes, ginkgophytes and conifers. The conifers are most diverse, followed by cycadophytes and ferns. The composition of this assemblage differs notably from the Lovisato collection stored in Cagliari, suggesting that it might derive from a different stratigraphic level and/or palaeoenvironment. The palaeodiversity of the Middle Jurassic flora of Sardinia increases to 46 fossil taxa with this revision. Cycadolepis sp. Nilssonia sp., Nilssonia sp. cf. N. orientalis, Pagiophyllum sp. and Agathoxylon sp. are described for the first time from the Middle Jurassic of Sardinia. © 2016, National Museum Prague. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Paleobotany; Paléobotanique; Flore fossile; collection historique

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Biodiversity and Ecology

Evelyn Kustatscher,, Giovanni G. Scanu, Jiri Kvacek, Johanna H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert. The krasser collection in the faculty of sciences, charles university, Prague – new insights into the middle jurassic flora of Sardinia. Fossil Imprint, 2016, 72 (3-4), pp.140-154. ⟨10.14446/fi.2016.140⟩. ⟨hal-01472367⟩