New Ginkgophytes from the Upper Triassic–lower Cretaceous of Spitsbergen and Edgeøya (svalbard, Arctic Norway): the History of Ginkgoales on Svalbard
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Premise of research. During the ongoing investigation of Upper Triassic–Lower Cretaceous plant macrofossils from Svalbard, Norway, some ginkgoalean leaf fossils were found from Carnian and Aptian deposits of Spitsbergen and Edgeøya that represent new ginkgophyte species. One new species is described asBaiera aquilonia sp. nov., and one ginkgophyte leaf is assigned to Ginkgoites sp. Along with the description of the new material, an overview of the presence and distribution of ginkgophytes in the high-latitude ecosystems of Svalbard through time is provided.
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