New species of osmundaceous fertile leaves from the upper Triassic of Argentina

• Published in: Acta Palaeobotanica
• Main Authors: ELIANA P. COTUREL, JOSEFINA BODNAR, EDUARDO M. MOREL, DANIEL G. GANUZA, ANA J. SAGASTI, MARISOL BELTRÁN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences 2018
• Subjects: smundopsis; osmundaceae; carnian; potrerillos formation; mendoza province; Paleontology; QE701-760; Botany; QK1-989; Argentina; Uspallata; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/acpa-2018-0014; https://doaj.org/article/9daf086c52214dfba2571dd85c720555

A new species of Osmundopsis Harris is described based on several impression-compression fossils from the upper section of the Potrerillos Formation (Uspallata Group) at Cerro Cacheuta Hill, Mendoza Province, Argentina. Osmundopsis zunigai sp. nov. is characterized by having fertile pinnae with a sl...