How to rely on the unreliable: Examples from Mesozoic bryophytes of Transbaikalia
@article{Mamontov2019HowTR, title={How to rely on the unreliable: Examples from Mesozoic bryophytes of Transbaikalia}, author={Yuriy S. Mamontov and Michael S. Ignatov}, journal={Journal of Systematics and Evolution}, year={2019}, volume={57} }
Three new fossil bryophytes are described from Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits of the Transbaikalia region of Russia. The complex thalloid hepatic Khasurtythallus monosolenioides gen. et sp. nov. belongs to the Marchantiidae, but its combination of characters precludes unequivocal placement in any of the five orders of this subclass, representing most likely an extinct lineage. Paleaethallus squarrosus gen. et sp. nov. is a thalloid plant with scales similar to those of complex thalloid…
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