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IMAGE: Scanning electronic microscope images of gyrogonites of the new species Mesochara dobrogeica (above) and the utricles of the new Clavator ampullaceus var. latibracteatus variety (below) found in the region of...
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Credit: Cretaceous Research
A study published in
Cretaceous Research expands the paleontological richness of continental fossils of the Lower Cretaceous with the discovery of a new water plant (charophytes), the species Mesochara dobrogeica. The study also identifies a new variety of carophytes from the Clavator genus (in particular, Clavator ampullaceus var. latibracteatus) and reveals a set of paleobiographical data from the Cretaceous much richer than other continental records such as dinosaurs'.