†Palaeosorum ellipticum Jacques and Zhou 2013 (fern)
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Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Full reference: F. M. B. Jacques and Z. K. Zhou. 2013. Systematic descriptions, in The first fossil Microsoroid fern (Palaeosorum ellipticum gen. et sp. nov.) from the middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 51(6):758-764
Belongs to Palaeosorum according to F. M. B. Jacques and Z. K. Zhou 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, SZT-0167a, a leaf. Its type locality is Sanzhangtian, Zhenyuan, which is in a Miocene fluvial sandstone in the Dajie Formation of China.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Sanzhangtian, Zhenyuan
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