Middle miocene flora of Jasikovac [Montenegro] - comparation with recent pine-oak associations of Central America
2008
Đorđević-Milutinović, D., Natural History Museum, Belgrade (Serbia) | Ćulafić, G., Natural History Museum, Podgorica (Montenegro)
This paper presents the collection of Middle Miocene flora from the locality Jasikovac (Berane-Police Basin) in Montenegro. The main feature and significance of this paleoflora is its unusual composition, expressed through domination of willow-type oaks, pines and sequoias, and an almost complete absence of other phanerophyte Gymnospermae and Angyospermae. The paleoflora with such composition was so far never recorded at other localities in Serbia and neighboring countries, and out of recent floras it is most similar to the montane pine-oak forests from Central America. The eco-climatic conditions and the large similarity of floristic composition between the recent and the fossil association indicate the possibility that the Middle Miocene flora of Jasikovac used to inhabit greater altitudes and that there is a great probability that it was a part of the vegetation belt with a broader distribution.
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