Biometry and paleoenvironment of Retispora lepidophyta (Kedo) Playford 1976 and associated miospores in the latest Famennian nearshore marine facies, eastern Ardenne (Belgium)

peer reviewed ; The size diameter of Retispora lepidophyta, a stratigraphically important miospore, is reexamined in greater detail than in previous studies using three sections of the latest Famennian nearshore marine facies of the eastern Ardenne. The evolutionary character of the size reduction with time is confirmed and is used for accurate correlations between the three sections. Cluster analyses (dendrograms) are performed on the percentages of a selection of miospore species from the two most complete sections and show a clear analogy in the lateral distribution of R. lepidophyta and Va... Mehr ...