Home
Home > Journals > Cryptogamie, Bryologie > 30 (2) > The first record of a Sphagnum from the Tertiary in Baltic amber and other new records of mosses from Baltic and Dominican amber

The first record of a Sphagnum from the Tertiary in Baltic amber and other new records of mosses from Baltic and Dominican amber

Jan-Peter FRAHM

en Cryptogamie, Bryologie 30 (2) - Pages 259-263

Published on 24 April 2009

The genus Sphagnum is reported for the first time from the Tertiary in Baltic amber (45 ma). Additionally Campylopodiella himalayana and Symphyodon sp. are reported from Baltic as well as specimens of Trichosteleum sp. and Mniomalia sp. from Dominican amber.


Download full article in PDF format Order a reprint

Quote this article

FRAHM J.-P. 2009. — The first record of a Sphagnum from the Tertiary in Baltic amber and other new records of mosses from Baltic and Dominican amber. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 2009 (2): 259-263.