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Livingstonites gabrielae
Livingstonites gabrielae E.I. Vera Ameghiniana, 48(1): 123. 2 Jun 2011
- Name
- Livingstonites gabrielae
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Livingstonites
- Authors (Pub.)
- Vera E. I.
- Publication
- Livingstonites gabrielae gen. et. sp. nov., permineralized moss (Bryophyta: Bryopsida) from the Aptian Cerro Negro Formation of Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) [2011/6]
- Journal
- Ameghiniana
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 123
- Year
- 2011
- Fossil Status
- leafy stems
- Stratigraphy
- Aptian
- Strat. comment
- Cerro Negro Formation
- Location
- Rotch Dome Locality, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Paleoregion
- Antarctica
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Repository Number
- BA Pb 14977 (BA Pb Pm 631-634)
- Diagnosis
- Small and delicate stems surrounded by
helically distributed leaves. Stems circular in cross section,
generally lacking internal differentiation, and with inner
parenchymatic cortex and narrow sclerenchymatic outer
cortex. Rhizoids absent. Leaves with prominent heterogeneous
midrib, laminae unistratose.
