Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds

A new morphogenus, Korallipteris, is proposed to accommodate fertile or sterile fern fronds possessing essentially Gleichenia-like morphology (e.g., pinnate fronds with small pecopteroid pinnules) but lacking diagnostic features that allow their classification at fern family-level. The aim is thus,...

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spelling todo:paper_00166995_v45_n4_p421_Vera2023-10-03T14:14:34Z Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds Vera, E.I. Passalia, M.G. Ferns Gleichenia Gleicheniaceaephyllum Gleichenites Korallipteris nov. gen. Mesozoic Microphyllopteris fern leaf morphology Mesozoic new genus nomenclature paleobotany paleontology plant Antarctica Argentina Chile Filicophyta Gleichenia Gleichenites A new morphogenus, Korallipteris, is proposed to accommodate fertile or sterile fern fronds possessing essentially Gleichenia-like morphology (e.g., pinnate fronds with small pecopteroid pinnules) but lacking diagnostic features that allow their classification at fern family-level. The aim is thus, to solve an old nomenclatural problem that involves the use of illegitimate genera, such as Gleichenites Goeppert and Microphyllopteris Arber. Several species of Gleichenites described from the Mesozoic of Argentina and Chile, and Microphyllopteris unisora Cantrill and Nagalingum from Antarctica are here reassigned to Korallipteris gen. nov. The proposal of Nagalingum and Cantrill to preserve Gleicheniaceaephyllum Crabtree emend. Nagalingum and Cantrill for true Gleicheniaceous ferns, diagnosed by having an arrested laminar bud, is here accepted. © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00166995_v45_n4_p421_Vera
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topic Ferns
Gleichenia
Gleicheniaceaephyllum
Gleichenites
Korallipteris nov. gen.
Mesozoic
Microphyllopteris
fern
leaf morphology
Mesozoic
new genus
nomenclature
paleobotany
paleontology
plant
Antarctica
Argentina
Chile
Filicophyta
Gleichenia
Gleichenites
spellingShingle Ferns
Gleichenia
Gleicheniaceaephyllum
Gleichenites
Korallipteris nov. gen.
Mesozoic
Microphyllopteris
fern
leaf morphology
Mesozoic
new genus
nomenclature
paleobotany
paleontology
plant
Antarctica
Argentina
Chile
Filicophyta
Gleichenia
Gleichenites
Vera, E.I.
Passalia, M.G.
Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds
topic_facet Ferns
Gleichenia
Gleicheniaceaephyllum
Gleichenites
Korallipteris nov. gen.
Mesozoic
Microphyllopteris
fern
leaf morphology
Mesozoic
new genus
nomenclature
paleobotany
paleontology
plant
Antarctica
Argentina
Chile
Filicophyta
Gleichenia
Gleichenites
description A new morphogenus, Korallipteris, is proposed to accommodate fertile or sterile fern fronds possessing essentially Gleichenia-like morphology (e.g., pinnate fronds with small pecopteroid pinnules) but lacking diagnostic features that allow their classification at fern family-level. The aim is thus, to solve an old nomenclatural problem that involves the use of illegitimate genera, such as Gleichenites Goeppert and Microphyllopteris Arber. Several species of Gleichenites described from the Mesozoic of Argentina and Chile, and Microphyllopteris unisora Cantrill and Nagalingum from Antarctica are here reassigned to Korallipteris gen. nov. The proposal of Nagalingum and Cantrill to preserve Gleicheniaceaephyllum Crabtree emend. Nagalingum and Cantrill for true Gleicheniaceous ferns, diagnosed by having an arrested laminar bud, is here accepted. © 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS.
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author Vera, E.I.
Passalia, M.G.
author_facet Vera, E.I.
Passalia, M.G.
author_sort Vera, E.I.
title Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds
title_short Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds
title_full Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds
title_fullStr Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds
title_full_unstemmed Korallipteris, a new genus for Mesozoic Gleichenia-like fern fronds
title_sort korallipteris, a new genus for mesozoic gleichenia-like fern fronds
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00166995_v45_n4_p421_Vera
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