Azolla colhuehuapensis Vallati et al. 2017 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Polypodiidae

Full reference: P. Vallati, A. De Sosa Tomas, G. Casal and M. Calo. 2017. Salviniales from the Late Cretaceous of the Golfo San Jorge Basin. Cretaceous Research 74:45-55

Belongs to Azolla according to P. Vallati et al. 2017

See also Vallati et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Azolla andreisii, Azolla coloniensis, Azolla deccanensis, Azolla indica, Azolla intertrappea, Azolla keuja, Azolla nana, Azolla primaeva, Azolla prisca, Azolla schopfii, Azolla stanleyi, Azolla velus, Azolla ventricosa

Type specimen: UNPSJB-MFP 4, a megaspore (Megaspore). Its type locality is Cerro de los Fragmentos (CF1), which is in a Maastrichtian channel lag sandstone/lime mudstone in the Lago ColhuƩ Huapi Formation of Argentina.

Distribution: found only at Cerro de los Fragmentos (CF1)

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