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The ferns in a new Middle Jurassic locality from the Otlaltepec Formation, Puebla, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2022

Jeronimo MORALES-TOLEDO Open the ORCID record for Jeronimo MORALES-TOLEDO [Opens in a new window] ,
Aniceto C. MENDOZA-RUIZ  and
Sergio R. S. CEVALLOS-FERRIZ
Jeronimo MORALES-TOLEDO*
Affiliation:
Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria 3000, 04510, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Aniceto C. MENDOZA-RUIZ
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, 09340, Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Sergio R. S. CEVALLOS-FERRIZ
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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*Corresponding author. Email: holasoyjero@ciencias.unam.mx
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Abstract

Mesozoic ferns from Mexico have been the subject of serious academic endeavours since the beginning of the 20th Century, to understand these plants at the time of their peak diversity. Most findings have been made in a set of Middle Jurassic Basins of the Mixtec Terrain in the Oaxaca State. However, fossil ferns are scarce in other assemblages, so further identification of this group has been infrequent. Here we describe six new and recently collected fossil plants from the Middle Jurassic Otlaltepec Formation, Puebla. Based on their fertile and vegetative fronds, we propose the new genus Paralophosoria Morales-Toledo, Mendoza-Ruiz & Cevallos-Ferriz, gen. nov. in the Dicksoniaceae, represented by Paralophosoria jurassica, Morales-Toledo, Mendoza-Ruiz & Cevallos-Ferriz, sp. nov., and identify the following genera: cf. Aspidistes, Sphenopteris, Spiropteris. A fern with uncertain affinities was also described. This work contributes to the understanding of fern diversity in low latitudes during the Middle Jurassic in Mexico.

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in situ sporespteridophytesrift basinvenation patterns
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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 113 , Issue 2 , June 2022 , pp. 127 - 140
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