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Chasing a ghost through Gondwana’s history – the fossil record of the 'seed fern' Komlopteris
University of Adelaide.
University of Adelaide.
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6723-239X
2023 (English)In: Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, ISSN 1034-1218, Vol. 196, p. 9-12Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.)) Published
Abstract [en]

Recently, a 53 million year old pteridosperm species, Komlopteris cenozoicus, was discovered at the west coast of Tasmania near Strahan, post-dating the end-Cretaceous extinction by about 13 million years. The discovery of this 'ghost lineage' prompted new excavations at its type locality, which led to the recovery of 52 new leaf specimens of K. cenozoicus. Meticulous preparation of the retrieved hand samples revealed that the new Komlopteris specimens were more complete than those first described and offered the opportunity to study the frond architecture and micromorphology.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. Vol. 196, p. 9-12
Keywords [en]
Corystosperms, Komlopteris, Mesozoic, cuticle, Gondwana
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Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Research subject
Ecosystems and species history; The changing Earth
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-5453OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nrm-5453DiVA, id: diva2:1817831
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Swedish Research Council, 2018-04527Swedish Research Council, 2022-03920
Note

This work was further supported by the University of Adelaide, Gostralia! [PhD scholarship to Miriam Slodownik]

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