NEW SPECIES OF SAMAROPSIS FROM THE GZHELIAN OF THE DONETS BASIN

Abstract

Two new species Samaropsis bachmutiensis sp. nov. and S. spinifera sp. nov. are described on the basis of seed remains from the Gzhelian Stage of the Donets Basin. The seed impressions associated with rare remains of cordaites and conifers and abundant pteridosperm remains were found in floodplain-lacustrine and floodplain deposits.