Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds

• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Ferns; Gleichenia; Gleicheniaceaephyllum; Gleichenites; Korallipteris nov. gen; Mesozoic; Microphyllopteris; fern; leaf morphology; new genus; nomenclature; paleobotany; paleontology; plant; Antarctica; Argentina; Chile; Filicophyta; Crabtree; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00166995_v45_n4_p421_Vera; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00166995_v45_n4_p421_Vera

A new morphogenus, Korallipteris, is proposed to accommodate fertile or sterile fern fronds possessing essentially Gleichenia-like morphology (e.g., pinnate fronds with small pecopteroid pinnules) but lacking diagnostic features that allow their classification at fern family-level. The aim is thus,...