Macrofossils associated with the fossil fern spore Cyatheacidites annulatus and their significance for Southern hemisphere biogeography

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Hill, RS, MacPhail, MK, Jordan, GJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science BV 2001
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Plant Systematics and Taxonomy; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Falkland Plateau; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-6667(01)00088-4; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/22467

Oligocene - Early Miocene macrofossils of parts of a fertile frond are assigned to the extant South American species Lophosoria quadripinnata (Gmel.)C.Chr. These macrofossils bear the dispersed spore species Cyatheacidites annulatus Cookson ex Potoni, which has an extensive recorded history in the S...