Physcidium simsimiae Hedenäs, Bomfleur et E.M.Friis in Bomfleur, Hedenäs, Friis, Crane, Pedersen, Mendes & Kvaček

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003148

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3148

Authors: L. Hedenäs, B. Bomfleur & E. M. Friis

Rank: species

Genus: Physcidium Hedenäs, Bomfleur et E.M.Friis in Bomfleur, Hedenäs, Friis, Crane, Pedersen, Mendes & Kvaček

Reference: Bomfleur, B., Hedenäs, L., Friis, E. M., Crane, P. R., Pedersen, K. R., Mendes, M. M. & Kvaček, J. (2023): Fossil Mosses from the Early Cretaceous Catefica mesofossil flora, Portugal – a window into the Mesozoic history of bryophytes. – Fossil Imprint 79(2): 103–125.

Page of description: 109

Illustrations or figures: text-fig. 6a–e

Types

Holotype S266378, Palaeobotanical Collections, Department of Palaeobiology, the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
Figures: text-fig. 6a–c

Note: Holotype from Catefi ca sample 49.

Paratypes: S266369, S266379 (Catefi ca sample 49) housed in Palaeobotanical Collections, Department of Palaeobiology, the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.

Original diagnosis/description

Leaves straight and erect, or at best weakly curved inwards. Costa occupying ca. 25 % of leaf width, with few layers of abaxial stereids.

Etymology

The specifi c epithet is chosen in reference to Maria Manuela Pinheiro Sim-Sim in honour of her contributions to the bryology of the Iberian Peninsula.

Stratigraphy

Cretaceous, Lower Cretaceous
Almargem Formation, Early Cretaceous (Aptian–early Albian)

Locality

Portugal
Catefi ca (39° 03ʹ 30ʺ N, 09°14ʹ 30ʺ W), between the villages of Catefi ca and Mugideira, about 4 km south of Torres Vedras

Plant fossil remain

macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood

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