SALVINIA COAHUILENSIS NOV. SP. DEL CRETACICO SUPERIOR DE MEXICO

Authors

  • Reinhard Weber

Abstract

A new fossil water fern, Salvinia coahuilensis Weber, is described from material of the Maestrichtian Olmos Formation, Coahuila, Mexico. This is the first pre-Tertiary species of Salvinia formally described on the basis of megafossils. The species belongs to the Section Carinatae Shaparenko, and is closely related to S. nigropunctata A. Br., a recent African form. The most similar fossil species is S. bjerringii Mathiesen, from Neogene deposits of Denmark. Some paleoecological data referring S. coahuilensis are given.

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Published

2013-08-25

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Vol. 10 No. 2

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SALVINIA COAHUILENSIS NOV. SP. DEL CRETACICO SUPERIOR DE MEXICO. (2013). Ameghiniana, 10(2), 173-190. https://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/1410