FOSSIL WOODS FROM BOZOVICI (SW ROMANIA)

Abstract

A palaeoxylotomical study was done on several samples from a private collection of petrified wood found in Bozovici area, which were taxonomically identified. Bozovici area is a small Badenian depression filled by coarse continental deposits, with some interbedded coal and volcanic tuffs. The frequent lateral facies variations and the few fossils of fresh water fauna make difficult a stratigraphic correlation of these deposits. Those samples of fossil wood were identified as remains of Glyptostroboxylon rudolphii Dolezych et Van der Burgh and Spiroplatanoxylon den-siradiatum (Petrescu) Süss and an extended discussion concerning the systematics of these taxa was made. Advanced studies on more numerous samples coming from Bozovici area could contribute to a better palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of that area, during Badenian time.