STRUCTURALLY PRESERVED FOSSIL PLANTS FROM ANTARCTICA. IV. TRIASSIC OVULES

• Published in: American Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Perovich, Nancy E., Taylor, Edith L.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1989
• Subjects: Fremouw Peak; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1989.tb15079.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fj.1537-2197.1989.tb15079.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.1537-2197.1989.tb15079.x; http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/chorus/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fj.1537-2197.1989.tb15079.x

Small, anatomically preserved ovules are described from specimens collected at Fremouw Peak in the central Transantarctic Mountains. The ovules occur within a silicified peat in the upper part of the Fremouw Formation, which is considered to be Early to Middle Triassic. Ovules are radially symmetric...