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Hepaticites iporangae n. sp., Rio Bonito Formation, Early Permian (Sakmarian), Paraná Basin, Brazil, Western Gondwana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Fresia Ricardi-Branco ,
Rafael Souza Faria ,
André Jasper  and
Margot Guerra-Sommer
Fresia Ricardi-Branco
Affiliation:
1Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas (SP), PO Box 6152, 13083-970, Brazil,
Rafael Souza Faria
Affiliation:
1Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas (SP), PO Box 6152, 13083-970, Brazil,
André Jasper
Affiliation:
2Sector of Botany and Paleobotany, Natural Sciences Museum, Post-Graduate Program in Environment and Development, UNIVATES, Lajeado (RS), 95.900-000, Brazil,
Margot Guerra-Sommer
Affiliation:
3Institute of Geosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (RS), 91.501-970, Brazil,
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Abstract

The formal description of a liverwort from the Paraná Basin is presented. The fossil was found in the Rio Bonito Formation, Early Permian (Sakmarian), and is identified as a new species of the genus Hepaticites, named H. iporangae n. sp. The samples studied were collected from the macrofossil-rich roof-shale layer of the Quitéria Outcrop in the municipality of Encruzilhada do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. H. iporangae is one of the oldest liverworts reported from South America. The fossil described here provides more evidence of the relative diversity of liverworts in Paleozoic Gondwana despite the severe climatic conditions during the glaciations of the Permo-Carboniferous.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , March 2011 , pp. 360 - 368
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