Campylopus lusitanicus Hedenäs, Bomfleur et E.M.Friis in Bomfleur, Hedenäs, Friis, Crane, Pedersen, Mendes & Kvaček

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003150

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

Rank: species

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: 112

Illustrations or figures: text-fig. 7e–h

Types

Holotype S266385, Palaeobotanical Collections, Department of Palaeobiology, the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
Figures: text-fig. 7e–h

Note: Holotype from Catefica sample 49.

Paratype: S266383 (Catefica sample 49) housed in Palaeobotanical Collections, Department of Palaeobiology, the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden.

A member of the genus Campylopus, but with leaves that are much smaller than those of any extant species.

The species epithet refers to the Latin name of Portugal where the fossils were discovered.

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

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

macro- and meso-fossils-embryophytes except wood

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