PALAEOXYLOTOMICAL STUDIES IN THE CENOZOIC PETRIFIED FORESTS OF GREECE. PART THREE – DICOTS

We had to study several petrified wood remains from „Velitzelos Collection “, coming from some late Oligocene - early Miocene fossiliferous sites, from the Aegean area from Evros, from Limnos Island, and Lesbos Island. Nine dicot fossil species were identified: Laurinoxylon aff. czechense Prakash, Březinová & Bůžek, Laurinoxylon ehrendorferi Berger, Cinnamomoxylon seemannianum (Mädel) Gottwald, Populoxylon cf. Populus alba L., Quercoxylon intermedium Petrescu et Velitzelos, Engelhardioxylon lesbium Iamandei et Iamandei, sp. nov., Eucaryoxylon lesbium Iamandei et Iamandei, sp. nov., Rhysocaryoxylon madsenii Sakala et Gryc and Rhysocaryoxylon sp. aff. Juglans regia L., and these new identifications add new elements to the forest assemblages of the Oligocene - Miocene Greek flora, this being useful to reconstruct the evolution of the Cenozoic palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate in the Aegean area.