Vegetais de Vale de Coelheiros (Grândola - Formação de Marateca)

Abstract

Key-words: Plants - Formação de Marateca- - Upper Miocene - Vale de Coelheiros - Grândola - Portugal. A new locality rich in plant leaf impressions has been found in the northwestern part of Sado basin at Vale de Coelheiros (Grândola, Portugal). The study of the material so far collected a1lowed us to identify: Salix lavateri BRAUN, 1851, Myrica sp., Zelkova zelkovaefolia (UNGER, 1843) BUZEK & KOTLABA, 1963 and Acer tricuspidatum BRONN, 1838. This association is closely comparable with other ones from several localities in Tagus basin, specially with Vallesian ones. Comparisons and biostratigraphical correlations are established.