Marattiaceae synangia from the Lower Cretaceous of Antarctica

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Vera, Ezequiel Ignacio, Cesari, Silvia Nelida
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; CRETACEOUS; EUSPORANGIATE; FERNS; FOSSIL; MARATTIACEAE; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; Argentina; Argentino; Cerro Negro; Livingston Island; Silvia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/46831

Marattiaceous ferns are conspicuous fossil element in upper Paleozoic and lower Mesozoic deposits, but become rarer to almost absent in Cretaceous to Holocene deposits. In this contribution, fragmentary synangia recovered from the Aptian Cerro Negro Formation (Livingston Island, Antarctica) are desc...