Thecaspora polygonalis De Benedetti et al. 2024 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Polypodiidae

Full reference: F. De Benedetti, M. Zamaloa, M. A. Gandolfo and N. R. Cúneo. 2024. Spores from the K–Pg boundary of the La Colonia Formation, Patagonia, Argentina. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 328(105159):1-20

Belongs to Thecaspora according to F. De Benedetti et al. 2024

Sister taxon: Thecaspora spinosa

Type specimen: MPEF-PA 767, a microspore. Its type locality is Cerro Buitre Norte (CBN) Maastrichtian, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial siltstone in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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