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Revision of the late Carboniferous megaflora from the De Lutte-06 well (Twente, the Netherlands), and its stratigraphical implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

I.M. van Waveren ,
O.A. Abbink ,
T.B. van Hoof  and
J.H.A. van Konijnenburg - van Cittert
I.M. van Waveren*
Affiliation:
Naturalis, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
O.A. Abbink
Affiliation:
TNO, P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands
T.B. van Hoof
Affiliation:
TNO, P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands
J.H.A. van Konijnenburg - van Cittert
Affiliation:
Naturalis, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
*
1Corresponding author. Email:waveren@naturalis.nl
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Biostratigraphical re-analysis of palaeobotanical data from the De Lutte-06 well clarifies an earlier controversy regarding the stratigraphical interpretation of this well based on palaeobotanical and palynological analysis. Previous biostratigraphical studies suggested an early Westphalian D age for the major part of the De Lutte formation, with only at the topmost part of the well remnants of presumable but unconfirmed Stephanian deposits. New identifications of palaeobotanical samples illustrate the presence of plant macrofossil assemblages in the De Lutte Formation characteristic for the latest Westphalian D to the Stephanian B-C. These new palaeobotanical insights, therefore, confirm a younger age for the De Lutte Formation and are more in line with the earlier palynological observations from the De Lutte-06 well that suggested that the recovered palynofloras resembled typical Stephanian associations.

Keywords

Plant biostratigraphyWestphalian DStephanianAnnularia spicataOdontopterispalaeobotanypalynology
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 87 , Issue 4 , December 2008 , pp. 339 - 352
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2008

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