Regnellites Explained

Regnellites nagashimae is the oldest known fossil belonging to the fern family Marsileaceae. It comes from rocks of the Upper Jurassic or Lower Cretaceous Kiyosu-e Formation of Japan.[1] The fossils include leaves with visible veins, as well as sporocarps.

Notes and References

  1. Yamada . Toshihiro . Masahiro Kato . 2002 . Regnellites nagashimae gen. et sp. nov., the Oldest Macrofossil of Marsileaceae, from the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous of Western Japan . International Journal of Plant Sciences . 163 . 5 . 715–723 . 10.1086/342036 . 84631686 .

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