Mamontov, Yu.S., J. Heinrichs,
J. Váňa, M.S. Ignatov
& E.E. Perkovsky. Hepatics
from Rovno amber (Ukraine), 3. Anastrophyllum
rovnoi sp. nov.
Arctoa (2015) 24: 43-46
doi: 10.15298/arctoa.24.08
A fossil
representative of the leafy liverwort family Anastrophyllaceae
is described based on an inclusion in Late Eocene Rovno amber. Based on
morphological similarities the fossil is assigned to the extant genus Anastrophyllum, as A. rovnoi
sp. nov., being the first
fossil of this genus and the fourth liverwort from Rovno amber.