A new Maastrichtian-Paleocene Azolla species from of Bolivia, with a comparison of the global record of coeval Azolla microfossils

@article{Vajda2005ANM,
  title={A new Maastrichtian-Paleocene Azolla species from of Bolivia, with a comparison of the global record of coeval Azolla microfossils},
  author={Vivi Vajda and Stephen McLoughlin},
  journal={Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology},
  year={2005},
  volume={29},
  pages={305 - 329}
}
  • V. Vajda, S. McLoughlin
  • Published 1 January 2005
  • Environmental Science, Geography
  • Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
A new heterosporous fern species, Azolla boliviensis sp. nov., is described from latest Maastrichtian (latest Cretaceous) to Paleocene (earliest Palaeogene) terrestrial sediments of the Eslabón and Flora Formations, Subandean belt, Bolivia. The species is represented by dissociated but abundantly co-preserved megasporocarps, megaspores, microsporangia, massulae and microspores. The genus consistently characterizes warm-climate lacustrine settings. Fossil Azolla is first identified around the… 
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