A New Cretaceous Coniferous Plant Species Discovered
04 january, 2022≈ 2 min read
A new species of Lower Cretaceous coniferous plant discovered in sedimentary deposits of the Almargem Formation, in the Catefica fossiliferous deposit, Torres Vedras, was baptized with the scientific name "Watsoniocladus cunhae", in honor of a DCT-FCTUC professor and researcher of the MAR.
J. Kvaček and M.M. Mendes (2021) - A new Cheirolepidiaceae conifer Watsoniocladus cunhae sp. Nov. from the Early Cretaceous (late Aptian–early Albian) of western Portugal, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 295, 104519, (December 2021).
Related articles
Mário Mendes, MARE Researcher and UC Collaborator, discovers new species of fossil plant
Professor and researcher at DCT, Prof. Eric Font, and a team of international researchers provide new evidence on the Cretaceous-Paleogenic mass extinction and the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
Team coordinated by the Geosciences Center (DCT-FCTUC) carries out detailed mapping of the Penha Garcia Syncline
DCT PhD student describes primitive Cambrian trilobites from Portugal and Spain.