The first megaspores recovered from Ukrainian Lower Cretaceous strata are described and illustrated by reflected light scanning electron micrography. Four lycopsid megaspore taxa identified in core samples north of Kherson (Khersons'ka Oblast), the Black Sea Basin, southern Ukraine. Miospore assemblages same reveal a slightly higher diversity microspores and, conjunction with previous foraminif...

The Geirud Formation consists mainly of clastic sediments which are interbedded with limestone stringers. This rock unit is well-exposed along the Central Alborz Range in northern Iran. The Geirud Formation rests unconformably on the Mila Formation (Upper Cambrian) and is conformably overlain by the Mobarak Formation (Lower Carboniferous). This study was undertaken to determine the geologi...