A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): The renaissance of Marattiopsis

We here describe Marattiopsis patagonica sp. nov. (Marattiaceae) based on vegetative and fertile foliage impressions from the Lower Jurassic of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. The new species exhibits a unique combination of vegetative and reproductive features, including a prominent basal au...

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Autores principales: Escapa, I.H., Bomfleur, B., Cuneo, N.R., Scasso, R.
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Materias:
Jurassic
Marattia
Marattiaceae
Patagonia
Ptisana
biological characteristics
classification
fern
fossil record
morphology
new species
nomenclature
paleobiogeography
paleobotany
paleoecology
phylogenetics
Argentina
Chubut
Filicophyta
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14772019_v13_n8_p677_Escapa
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spelling todo:paper_14772019_v13_n8_p677_Escapa2023-10-03T16:19:09Z A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): The renaissance of Marattiopsis Escapa, I.H. Bomfleur, B. Cuneo, N.R. Scasso, R. Jurassic Marattia Marattiaceae Patagonia Ptisana biological characteristics classification fern fossil record Jurassic morphology new species nomenclature paleobiogeography paleobotany paleoecology phylogenetics Argentina Chubut Patagonia Filicophyta Marattia Marattiaceae We here describe Marattiopsis patagonica sp. nov. (Marattiaceae) based on vegetative and fertile foliage impressions from the Lower Jurassic of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. The new species exhibits a unique combination of vegetative and reproductive features, including a prominent basal auricle; finely undulate, denticulate, to serrulate pinnule margins; interstitial fibres (venuli recurrentes) alternating with regular veins; submarginal position and distinctive relative length of synangia (about 12-20% of the pinnule width); and relatively small number of sporangia pairs per synangium (usually 14 or 16). The new species is assigned to the morphogenus Marattiopsis, since it shows no characters that would allow an unambiguous placement in any of the modern genera, Marattia s.s., Ptisana, or Eupodium. The newly established paraphyly of the Marattia s.l. species has a profound impact on the classification of fossil species. In this context, we provide a brief assessment of the significance of the fossil Marattiopsis for phylogenetic and biogeographical interpretations. It appears that essentially modern marattioid ferns, including Marattiopsis, which are commonly considered to be typical elements of tropical areas of the northern hemisphere during the Mesozoic, may have left an important but largely ignored fossil record in subtropical Gondwana. © 2014 The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London. Fil:Cuneo, N.R. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Scasso, R. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14772019_v13_n8_p677_Escapa
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topic Jurassic
Marattia
Marattiaceae
Patagonia
Ptisana
biological characteristics
classification
fern
fossil record
Jurassic
morphology
new species
nomenclature
paleobiogeography
paleobotany
paleoecology
phylogenetics
Argentina
Chubut
Patagonia
Filicophyta
Marattia
Marattiaceae
spellingShingle Jurassic
Marattia
Marattiaceae
Patagonia
Ptisana
biological characteristics
classification
fern
fossil record
Jurassic
morphology
new species
nomenclature
paleobiogeography
paleobotany
paleoecology
phylogenetics
Argentina
Chubut
Patagonia
Filicophyta
Marattia
Marattiaceae
Escapa, I.H.
Bomfleur, B.
Cuneo, N.R.
Scasso, R.
A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): The renaissance of Marattiopsis
topic_facet Jurassic
Marattia
Marattiaceae
Patagonia
Ptisana
biological characteristics
classification
fern
fossil record
Jurassic
morphology
new species
nomenclature
paleobiogeography
paleobotany
paleoecology
phylogenetics
Argentina
Chubut
Patagonia
Filicophyta
Marattia
Marattiaceae
description We here describe Marattiopsis patagonica sp. nov. (Marattiaceae) based on vegetative and fertile foliage impressions from the Lower Jurassic of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. The new species exhibits a unique combination of vegetative and reproductive features, including a prominent basal auricle; finely undulate, denticulate, to serrulate pinnule margins; interstitial fibres (venuli recurrentes) alternating with regular veins; submarginal position and distinctive relative length of synangia (about 12-20% of the pinnule width); and relatively small number of sporangia pairs per synangium (usually 14 or 16). The new species is assigned to the morphogenus Marattiopsis, since it shows no characters that would allow an unambiguous placement in any of the modern genera, Marattia s.s., Ptisana, or Eupodium. The newly established paraphyly of the Marattia s.l. species has a profound impact on the classification of fossil species. In this context, we provide a brief assessment of the significance of the fossil Marattiopsis for phylogenetic and biogeographical interpretations. It appears that essentially modern marattioid ferns, including Marattiopsis, which are commonly considered to be typical elements of tropical areas of the northern hemisphere during the Mesozoic, may have left an important but largely ignored fossil record in subtropical Gondwana. © 2014 The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.
format JOUR
author Escapa, I.H.
Bomfleur, B.
Cuneo, N.R.
Scasso, R.
author_facet Escapa, I.H.
Bomfleur, B.
Cuneo, N.R.
Scasso, R.
author_sort Escapa, I.H.
title A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): The renaissance of Marattiopsis
title_short A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): The renaissance of Marattiopsis
title_full A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): The renaissance of Marattiopsis
title_fullStr A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): The renaissance of Marattiopsis
title_full_unstemmed A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): The renaissance of Marattiopsis
title_sort new marattiaceous fern from the lower jurassic of patagonia (argentina): the renaissance of marattiopsis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14772019_v13_n8_p677_Escapa
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