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New Fossil Plant from the Late Devonian Strata of Northern Timan (Russia)

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Remains of a new fossil plant Petrosjania salarina gen. et sp. nov. were found in the Upper Devonian deposits of the Northern Timan (eastern coast of the Chosha Bay of the Barents Sea). This plant has a number of features characteristic of different groups of higher plants: Barrandeinoid stems (characteristic of the Barrandeinales), flabelloid leaves on stems (Devonian groups incertae sedis) and perfoliate leaves (characteristic of many plants, including horsetails), fibrous root system (typical for Pteridophyta, Monocotyledones). The systematic position of the new fossil plant, its morphology and possible relationships are discussed.

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The authors express their sincere gratitude to the reviewers for the fruitful discussion and valuable advice.

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The study was carried out within the framework of the planned topics of the V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (no. AAAA-A19-119030190018-1 and 122011900029-7) and the initiative research project of St. Petersburg State University INI_2023: “Devonian and Early Carboniferous floras of the East European Platform and its vicinity.” The materials were studied at the Resource Centers of St. Petersburg State University “Microscopy and Microanalysis” and “X-Ray Diffraction Research Methods”.

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Snigirevsky, S.M., Lyubarova, A.P. New Fossil Plant from the Late Devonian Strata of Northern Timan (Russia). Paleontol. J. 57, 681–691 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030123060096

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