Cyathealean Antarctic ferns from the Aptian Cerro Negro Formation: Rafaherbstia nishidai gen. et sp. nov. and associated fertile organs

• 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: ANATOMY; BYERS; CYATHEALES; PALEOBOTANY; TREE FERNS; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Argentino; Argentina; Livingston Island; Byers; Byers peninsula; Silvia; Cerro Negro; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/93137

New remains corresponding to Cyathealean tree ferns are described for the Aptian Cerro Negro Formation at Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). A new genus and species, Rafaherbstia nishidai, is proposed for several permineralized dictyostelic stems characterized b...