Temporal range: Mid Jurassic-early Late Cretaceous Bathonian–Cenomanian
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W. reticulata fossils, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Brussels
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Division:
Polypodiophyta
Class:
Polypodiopsida
Order:
Gleicheniales
Family:
Matoniaceae
Genus:
†Weichselia Stiehler
Species
Weichselia reticulata
Weichselia is an extinct genus of fern. They were abundant from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous.[1] While generally supposed to have affinities to Matoniaceae, some research has suggested that they have closer affinites to the Marattiales, though its morphology is strongly divergent from both of these groups. They are thought to have grown similar to modern tree ferns, with an upright stem topped with a crown of fronds.[2]
^Weichselia at Fossilworks.org
^Blanco‐Moreno, Candela; Decombeix, Anne‐Laure; Prestianni, Cyrille (2020-11-13). Lomax, Barry (ed.). "New insights into the affinities, autoecology, and habit of the Mesozoic fern Weichselia reticulata based on the revision of stems from Bernissart (Mons Basin, Belgium)" (PDF). Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1351–1372. doi:10.1002/spp2.1344. ISSN 2056-2802. S2CID 228860679.
Weichselia is an extinct genus of fern. They were abundant from the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous. While generally supposed to have affinities to...
fossil leaves and root systems, a mangrove vegetation of seed ferns, Weichselia reticulata. The mangrove ecosystem it inhabited was situated along the...
Vascular Plants Genus Species Abundance Notes Images Weichselia W. reticulata Dominant plant. Xerophytic tree fern suggestive of a dry tropical climate...
Mountains of Germany. As a taxonomist he circumscribed the extinct genera Weichselia and Ettingshausenia. During his career he took part in correspondence...
include ostracods, isopods, conchostracans, and bivalves. The plants Weichselia and the aquatic, herbaceous Bevhalstia were common. Other plants found...
species Matonia mesozoica species Matonia brownii genus Microdictyon genus Weichselia Stiehler Tomaniopteris Klavins et al. Fremouw Formation, Middle Triassic...
for genus †Weediaphyllum parkensis – type locality for species †Weichselia †Weichselia reticulata †Williamsonia – tentative report †Williamsonia phoenicopsoides...
etheringtoni, Araucarites sp., Brachyphyllum sp., Cladophlebis sp., and Weichselia sp., as well as many types of pollen. The Caballos Formation is apart...
plain, preserves the charcoalified remains of the matoniaceous ferns Weichselia and Phlebopteris along with some gymnosperm wood remains. Similar assemblages...
study on anatomy and growth of large specimens of the fossil fern species Weichselia reticulata from the Barremian La Huérguina Formation (Spain) is published...
published by DiMichele & Bateman (2020). New information on the anatomy of Weichselia reticulata is presented by Blanco‐Moreno, Decombeix & Prestianni (2020)...
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