Seed plant diversity in the Triassic of Antarctica: A new anatomically preserved ovule from the Fremouw Formation

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Decombeix, Anne-Laure, Klavins, Sharon D, Taylor, Edith L, Taylor, Thomas N.
• Other Authors: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, University of Kansas Lawrence (KU), Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, university of Kansas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology; [SDV.BV.BOT]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Vegetal Biology/Botanics; Beardmore; Beardmore Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00657523; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00657523/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00657523/file/2010_ALD_SDK_ELT_TNT_RPP_webprint.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.09.008

International audience A new anatomically preserved ovule is described from the Middle Triassic Fremouw Formation of the Beardmore Glacier area, Antarctica. Probolosperma antarcticum gen. et sp. nov. is bilaterally symmetrical and up to 1 cm long and 6 mm wide. The integument is characterized by a c...