A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mosses

Premise of research. Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) rocks exposed at Apple Bay (Vancouver Island, Canada) have yielded numerous anatomically preserved bryophytes that have expanded our knowledge of the pre-Cenozoic fossil record of this group. A new moss type with tricostate leaves from Apple Bay co...

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Autores: Blanco Moreno, Candela, Valois, Marc, Stockey, Ruth A., Rothwell, Gar W., Tomescu, Alexandru M.F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/726016
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Palabra clave:bryophyte
Cretaceous
fossil
Hypnanae
permineralization
Tricostaceae
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mossesBlanco Moreno, CandelaValois, MarcStockey, Ruth A.Rothwell, Gar W.Tomescu, Alexandru M.F.bryophyteCretaceousfossilHypnanaepermineralizationTricostaceaeBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaPremise of research. Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) rocks exposed at Apple Bay (Vancouver Island, Canada) have yielded numerous anatomically preserved bryophytes that have expanded our knowledge of the pre-Cenozoic fossil record of this group. A new moss type with tricostate leaves from Apple Bay combines characters not encountered in moss species recorded previously, warranting in-depth characterization of a new taxon. Methodology. Carbonate concretions containing permineralized fossil material were sectioned using the cellulose acetate peel technique. The resulting acetate peels providing serial sections through the bryophyte specimens were used to reconstruct the habit of the plant and its leaves in two and three dimensions. Pivotal results. We describe a new species of moss in the family Tricostaceae, Tricosta priapiana sp. nov. The anatomy and morphology of the new species justify expanding and refining the diagnoses of Tricostaceae and Tricosta, especially with respect to perigonial branches and themorphology of branch buds. The presence of pseudoparaphyllia surrounding the branch buds supports the pleurocarpous affinities proposed previously for the Tricostaceae. Conclusions. Tricosta priapiana adds to the diversity of tricostate mosses, an extinct group that was intriguingly diverse in the Mesozoic. Nevertheless, the tricostate state is probably a convergent trait, or a trait that may have evolved independently in acrocarpous and pleurocarpous moss lineages in response to similar selective pressures. Still, it remains unclear what such selective pressures may have been, as the paleoclimates and habitats that hosted the tricostate mosses are not well circumscribed, precluding comparisons among the different species and their closest analogs among living multicostate mossesCandela Blanco-Moreno is supported by a Margarita Salas CA1/RSUE/2021-00703 scholarship from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the Ministry of Universities of Spain.The University of Chicago PressDepartamento de BiologíaFacultad de Ciencias20232023-08-21research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/715512https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/726016reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7155122026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mosses
title A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mosses
spellingShingle A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mosses
Blanco Moreno, Candela
bryophyte
Cretaceous
fossil
Hypnanae
permineralization
Tricostaceae
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mosses
title_full A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mosses
title_fullStr A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mosses
title_full_unstemmed A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mosses
title_sort A second species of tricosta expands the diversity of the intriguing mesozoic tricostate mosses
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Blanco Moreno, Candela
Valois, Marc
Stockey, Ruth A.
Rothwell, Gar W.
Tomescu, Alexandru M.F.
author Blanco Moreno, Candela
author_facet Blanco Moreno, Candela
Valois, Marc
Stockey, Ruth A.
Rothwell, Gar W.
Tomescu, Alexandru M.F.
author_role author
author2 Valois, Marc
Stockey, Ruth A.
Rothwell, Gar W.
Tomescu, Alexandru M.F.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv bryophyte
Cretaceous
fossil
Hypnanae
permineralization
Tricostaceae
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic bryophyte
Cretaceous
fossil
Hypnanae
permineralization
Tricostaceae
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Premise of research. Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) rocks exposed at Apple Bay (Vancouver Island, Canada) have yielded numerous anatomically preserved bryophytes that have expanded our knowledge of the pre-Cenozoic fossil record of this group. A new moss type with tricostate leaves from Apple Bay combines characters not encountered in moss species recorded previously, warranting in-depth characterization of a new taxon. Methodology. Carbonate concretions containing permineralized fossil material were sectioned using the cellulose acetate peel technique. The resulting acetate peels providing serial sections through the bryophyte specimens were used to reconstruct the habit of the plant and its leaves in two and three dimensions. Pivotal results. We describe a new species of moss in the family Tricostaceae, Tricosta priapiana sp. nov. The anatomy and morphology of the new species justify expanding and refining the diagnoses of Tricostaceae and Tricosta, especially with respect to perigonial branches and themorphology of branch buds. The presence of pseudoparaphyllia surrounding the branch buds supports the pleurocarpous affinities proposed previously for the Tricostaceae. Conclusions. Tricosta priapiana adds to the diversity of tricostate mosses, an extinct group that was intriguingly diverse in the Mesozoic. Nevertheless, the tricostate state is probably a convergent trait, or a trait that may have evolved independently in acrocarpous and pleurocarpous moss lineages in response to similar selective pressures. Still, it remains unclear what such selective pressures may have been, as the paleoclimates and habitats that hosted the tricostate mosses are not well circumscribed, precluding comparisons among the different species and their closest analogs among living multicostate mosses
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