Floristics and Paleoecology of an Early Cretaceous Flora from Jordan

Autor:	David Winship Taylor, Shusheng Hu
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	biology Plant Science Matoniaceae biology.organism_classification Crevasse splay Cladophlebis Brachyphyllum Paleontology Botany Paleobotany Paleoecology Animal Science and Zoology Fern Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Geology Zamites
Zdroj:	Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 55:153-170
ISSN:	2162-4135 0079-032X
Popis:	Abundant plant fossils were recovered from Albian fluvial and back-swamp sediments of the Jarash Formation (Kurnub Group) of Jordan. The flora consists of angiosperms, ferns and gymnosperms. Water lily Scutifolium jordanicum, marsilealean fern Marsileaceaephyllum mahisensis and tree fern Weichselia reticulata are from a thin crevasse splay layer of a small fluvial system. Four species of other ferns, Phlebopteris hickeyi sp. nov., Piazopteris branneri, Aspidistes beckeri and Cladophlebis sp., and two gymnosperms, Zamites hoheneggeri and Brachyphyllum mamillare, are from a back-swamp dark gray carbonaceous lens. Phlebopteris hickeyi represents a new fern species that has five preserved pinnae with unique characteristics, including small sori and sporangia. The relatively small pinnules with massive midveins and grooves along either side of midveins represent a unique combination of characters. The water lily S. jordanicum and marsilealean fern M. mahisensis may have grown in ponds, lakes or slow-m...
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