Yavanna chimaerica
Yavanna is an extinct genus of tree ferns known from the Early Cretaceous Cerro Negro Formation of what are now the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.[1]
| Yavanna chimaerica Temporal range: Aptian ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Yavanna Vera |
| Species: | †Y. chimaerica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yavanna chimaerica Vera, 2013 | |
References
- Vera, Ezequiel Ignacio (2013). "New cyathealean tree fern, Yavanna chimaerica gen. et sp. nov., from the Early Cretaceous of Livingston Island, Antarctica". Cretaceous Research. 44: 214–222. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.04.011.
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