Fossil mosses from the Early Cretaceous Catefica mesofossil flora, Portugal – a window into the Mesozoic history of Bryophytes
Benjamin Bomfleur, Lars Hedenäs, Else Marie Friis, Peter R. Crane, Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen, Mário Miguel Mendes, Jiří Kvaček
A diverse assemblage of mosses from the Early Cretaceous Catefica mesofossil flora, Portugal, is described based on fragments of charcoalified and lignitized gametophytes and a single spore capsule. Nine different gametophyte morphologies are recognized and assigned to Sphagnopsida, Polytrichopsida…