Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Full reference: F. De Benedetti, M. Zamaloa, M. Gandolfo and N. Cúneo. 2018. Heterosporous ferns from Patagonia: the case of Azolla. Transformative paleobotany 361-373
Belongs to Azolla according to F. De Benedetti et al. 2018
See also De Benedetti et al. 2021, De Benedetti et al. 2023, De Benedetti et al. 2024 and Hermsen et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Azolla andreisii, Azolla colhuehuapensis, Azolla deccanensis, Azolla indica, Azolla intertrappea, Azolla keuja, Azolla nana, Azolla primaeva, Azolla prisca, Azolla schopfii, Azolla stanleyi, Azolla velus, Azolla ventricosa
Type specimen: MPEF-PA 80, a multi organs (Megaspore). Its type locality is Cañadón del Irupé, which is in a Cretaceous/Paleocene marginal marine siliciclastic/siliciclastic in Argentina.
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (3)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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