Biostratigraphy of the Nayband Formation on the basis of plant macrofossils in the Parvadeh Coal Mines, Tabas

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Fig. 3: 1, 2, 6, 10- Equisetites muensteri; 3, 7- cf. Todites crenatum; 4, 11- Pterophyllum contiguum; 5, 8, 9, 14- Nilssonia acuminata; 12- Phlebopteris muensteri; 13- Scytophyllum persicum; 15- Pterophyllum schenki; 16- Dictyozamites asseretoi. Scale bars = 1 cm.

Fig. 4: 1- cf. Weltrichia primaeva; 2- cf. Todites crenatum; 3- Dictyophyllum exile; 4- Elatocladus sp.; 5- Carpolithes sp.; 6- Phlebopteris polypodioides; 7- Neocalamites cf. meriani; 8, 10- Pterophyllum contiguum; 9, 11- Nilssonia undulata. Scale bars = 1 cm.



Plate I- Figs. 1, 3- Equisetites muensteri- FJPT-1, FJPT-2; Fig. 2- Equisetites arenaceus- FJPT-6; Fig. 4- Neocalamites cf. meriani- FJPT-8; Fig. 5- Dictyophyllum exile- FJPT-11; Fig. 6- cf. Todites crenatum- FJPT-9. Scale bars = 1 cm.

Plate II. Figs. 1, 3- Phlebopteris polypodioides- FJPT-14, FJPT-15; Fig. 2- Equisetites muensteri- FJPT-5; Fig. 4- Phlebopteris muensteri- FJPT-12.