Caradocian land plant microfossils from Libya

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Research Article| April 01, 1982 Caradocian land plant microfossils from Libya Jane Gray; Jane Gray 1Department of Biology and Department of Geology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Dominique Massa; Dominique Massa 2Compagnie Française des Pétroles, 5 rue Michel-Ange, 75781 Paris, Cedex 16, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar A. J. Boucot A. J. Boucot 3Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jane Gray 1Department of Biology and Department of Geology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 Dominique Massa 2Compagnie Française des Pétroles, 5 rue Michel-Ange, 75781 Paris, Cedex 16, France A. J. Boucot 3Department of Geology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1982) 10 (4): 197–201. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1982)10<197:CLPMFL>2.0.CO;2 Article history First Online: 01 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Jane Gray, Dominique Massa, A. J. Boucot; Caradocian land plant microfossils from Libya. Geology 1982;; 10 (4): 197–201. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1982)10<197:CLPMFL>2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The oldest paleontologically well-dated spore tetrads and cuti-clelike sheets of cells have been recovered from beds of Caradoc (mid-Ordovician) age from boreholes in the Murzuk (Murzuq) and Rhadames (Ghadāmis) Basins of western Libya. These microfossils together with late Llandovery–early Wenlock vascular plant megafossils (lycophytes and Psilophyton) known from Libya lead us to conclude that land plants, including vascular plants, probably had a long pre-Silurian record, extending at least into the basal Caradocian. Additonal evidence suggests that this record does not extend as far back as the earlier Late Cambrian (Dresbachian). This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.