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Frullania cretacea sp. nov. (Porellales, Jungermanniopsida), a leafy liverwort preserved in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar

Jorn HENTSCHEL, Alexander R. SCHMIDT & Jochen HEINRICHS

en Cryptogamie, Bryologie 30 (3) - Pages 323-328

Publié le 31 juillet 2009
Frullania cretacea sp. nov. (Porellales, Jungermanniopsida), a leafy liverwort preserved in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar

The extinct Frullania cretacea sp. nov. is described based on a gametophytic plant fragment preserved in Upper Albian amber from Myanmar (Burma). The fragment contains of a portion of a branched shoot with mamillose leaf lobes and campanulate lobules forming watersacs. The Mesozoic species is assumed to be an early representative of the Frullania crown group and tentatively assigned to F. subg. Frullania.


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HENTSCHEL J., SCHMIDT A. R. & HEINRICHS J. 2009. — Frullania cretacea sp. nov. (Porellales, Jungermanniopsida), a leafy liverwort preserved in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Cryptogamie, Bryologie 2009 (3): 323-328.