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Diversification of heterosporous water ferns during the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina.
Project summary:
The main goal of this project is to identify and describe the water ferns present in the Late Cretaceous La Colonia Formation of central Argentinean Patagonia based on both macro- and microfossils remains and compare their diversity with similar coeval associations known from the Southern Hemisphere.
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Licentiate
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2016
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Argentina
Ferns and fern allies, Fossils
Relevant publications (minimum 1, maximum 4):
De Benedetti, F., Zamaloa, M.C., Gandolfo, M.A., and Cúneo, N.R., 2018. Heterosporous ferns from Patagonia: the case of Azolla. In M. Krings, C.J. Harper, N.R. Cúneo, G.W. Rothwell, eds. Transformative paleobotany: Papers to commemorate the life and legacy of Thomas N. Taylor. Pages 361–373. Academic Press, London and Oxford, U.K., and San Diego and Cambridge, U.S.A.
Hermsen, E.J., Jud, N.A., De Benedetti, F., and Gandolfo, M.A., 2019. Azolla sporophytes and spores from the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 180(7), 737-754.
De Benedetti, F., Zamaloa, M.C., Gandolfo, M.A., and Cúneo, N.R., (in press). Reinterpretation of Paleoazolla Archangelsky, Phipps, Taylor et Taylor: a heterosporous water fern from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia Argentina. American Journal of Botany.
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Egidio Feruglio Paleontologic Museum
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Facundo De Benedetti