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Azolla tegeliensis Florschütz from the early Pleistocene of the British Isles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Michael H. Field
Michael H. Field
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Subdepartment of Quaternary Research, Botany School, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
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Abstract

Fossil megaspores of the aquatic fern Azolla tegeliensis Florschütz have been recovered from sediments of early Pleistocene age at Great Blakenham, Suffolk, England. This discovery is the first record for this taxon in the British Isles. The find reinforces a recently suggested correlation of the British early Pleistocene sediments with those from con tinental northwest Europe. In the long continuous Pleistocene sequences in The Netherlands the megaspores of A. tegeliensis have been recovered from early Pleistocene sediments, where they are restricted to the Tiglian Stage. Sediments at Great Blakenham can now be correlated with the Tiglian sediments of The Netherlands.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 129 , Issue 3 , May 1992 , pp. 363 - 365
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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