New Species of the Fossil Flora in the Tuffs of the Goderdzi Suite (Goderdzi Pass Area)
2019
The region under study is the administrative part of the municipalities of Khulo and Adigeni. It is located on the Arsiani ridge, the watershed of the rivers Dzindza (to the east) and Acharistskali (to the west), at the height of 2025 meters. The region was distinguished by strong volcanic activity during the Mio-Pliocene, the products of eruption of which are referred in geological literature as the Goderdzi suite. As a result of field work, in the sub suite of the Goderdzi suite, several new locations of the fossil floristic complex were discovered uniquely preserved and represented by species diversity. The present paper reports on the results of the identification of the well-preserved remnants of fossil flora of different sizes and morphologies and their importance for the reconstruction of palaeoclimatic regime. It was found that out of 12 samples of the fossil flora only the representatives of Lauraceae were recorded and the rest were not found until today. It could be said that by discovering the new species of fossil flora in the tuffogenic subsuite of the Goderdzi suite, a new stage in the study of the Miocene fossil flora of Goderdzi suite started. © 2019 Bull. Georg. Natl. Acad. Sci.
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