Survey of paleofloristic composition and succession of neocarboniferous-eopermian (Tubarão Group) in the state of São Paulo

• Grant number: 97/03639-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: June 01, 1998
• End date: December 31, 2002
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Paleobotany
• Principal Investigator: Mary Elizabeth Cerruti Bernardes-De-Oliveira
• Grantee: Mary Elizabeth Cerruti Bernardes-De-Oliveira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Geociências (IGC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Oscar Rosler ; Rosemarie Rohn

Abstract

The main objective of this proposal project is the revision of the paleobotanical and palynological data from fossiliferous occurrences already known, as well as the systematic study of new localities and materiais from surface and subsurface sampling from the Permo-Carboniferous Tubarão Group, Paraná Basin, in the São Paulo State.Based on this study, it is expect to: obtain a better constrain of the (macro and micro) tafofloristic composition of each locality, establish the paleofloristic succession; propose a biostratigraphic correlation; determine the age of the assemblages; identify the biochronostratigraphic markers for the C-P boundary; carry out paleoecological, paleogeographic and paleoclimatic interpretations; contribute to the fossiliferous documentation of São Paulo State. The project will comprehend field work, laboratory analyses, graphic (photographic) documentation, presentation and publication of the results in scientific meetings and journals. We believe this study will help to establish the most complete Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian paleofloristic sequence of the Paraná Basin in São Paulo State, where the sedimentary record of the Tubarão Group is better represented; containing rocks from the Westphalian to the Kungurian ages. Many foreign researchers, who have outstanding knowledge on the Upper Palaeozoic phytochronostratigraphic problems at a global scale, will be envolved in this proposal project. The interaction with these scientists will allow a more accurate comparasion between Brazilian data and other global occurrences, as well as the update of the Brazilian researchers. The results of the paleobotanical and palynological studies in the Tubarão Group are extremely important to the geosciences, not to mention the surface and subsurface lithofaciological correlations. This unit is considered an important source of mineral resources (e.g. coal, petroleum, groundwater). Besides, the rocks of the Tubarão Group crop out in densely populated areas with a large economic development, where programs for the use and occupation of the physical environment have just started. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

RICARDI-BRANCO, FRESIA; ROHN, ROSEMARIE; LONGHIM, MARCIA EMILIA; COSTA, JULIANA SAMPAIO; MARTINE, ARIEL MILANI; CHRISTIANO-DE-SOUZA, ISABEL CORTEZ. Rare Carboniferous and Permian glacial and non-glacial bryophytes and associated lycophyte megaspores of the Parana Basin, Brazil: A new occurrence and paleoenvironmental considerations. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 72, p. 63-75, DEC 2016. (13/11563-6, 97/03639-8)

SOUZA‚ P.A.; PETRI‚ S.; DINO‚ R.. Late Carboniferous Palynology from the Itararé Subgroup (Paraná Basin) at Araçoiaba da Serra‚ São Paulo State‚ Brazil. PALYNOLOGY, v. 27, n. 1, p. 39-74, 2003. (97/03639-8)

IANNUZZI‚ R.; RÖSLER‚ O.. Floristic migration in South America during the Carboniferous: phytogeographic and biostratigraphic implications. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, v. 161, n. 1, p. 71-94, 2000. (97/03639-8)

CERRUTI BERNARDES-DE-OLIVEIRA, MARY ELIZABETH; KAVALI, PAULINE SABINA; MUNE, SANDRA EIKO; SHIVANNA, MAHESH; DE SOUZA, PAULO ALVES; LANNUZZI, ROBERTO; JASPER, ANDRE; HOELZEL, AMANDA; BOARDMAN, DAIANA R.; ROHN, ROSEMARIE; et al. Pennsylvanian - Early Cisuralian interglacial macrofloristic succession in Parana Basin of the State of Sao Paulo. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 72, p. 351-374, DEC 2016. (97/03639-8)

SALVI, JULIANA; JASPER, ANDRE; RICARDI-BRANCO, FRESIA; BERNARDES-DE-OLIVEIRA, MARY ELIZABETH C.; GUERRA-SOMMER, MARGOT. Record of the genus Lycopodites in the Lower Permian of Paraná Basin, Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 80, n. 3, p. 553-563, SEP 2008. (97/03639-8)