Frullania cretacea Hentschel, A.R.Schmidt & Heinrichs

Feldberg, Kathrin, Schaefer-Verwimp, Alfons, Li, Ya & Renner, Matt A. M., 2022, Extending the diversity of the bryoflora in Kachin amber (Myanmar), with the description of Radula patrickmuelleri, sp. nov. and R. tanaiensis, sp. nov. (Jungermanniopsida, Porellales, Radulaceae), Fossil Record 25 (1), pp. 213-230 : 213

Frullania cretacea Hentschel, A.R.Schmidt & Heinrichs

Frullania cretacea Hentschel, A. R. Schmidt & Heinrichs; in Cryptogamie, Bryologie 30: 326, figs 1-10. 2009.

Holotype.

AMNH B-011, Amber collection of the Division of Invertebrate Zoology of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.

Additional specimens investigated.

AMNH Bu-FB 1 a-f (AMNH Bu-FB 1 b with gynoecium), AMNH Bu-FB 51, Amber collection of the Division of Invertebrate Zoology of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA; GZG.BST.22016, ( Müller BuB3533), GZG.BST.22017 ( Müller BuB1190), Geoscience Centre (GZG) at the University of Göttingen, Germany; PB23687 Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; BuB1772, BuB3530, BuB4411, Patrick Müller Amber Collection; F3157/BU/CJW, Jörg Wunderlich Amber Collection.

Locality and horizon.

Amber mines southwest of the village of Tanai ca. 105 km north of Myitkyina in Kachin State, northern Myanmar, fossil enclosed in upper Albian-lower Cenomanian Kachin amber.

Remarks.

This small specimen is in good accordance with the type and previously described material (Suppl. material 1: Fig. S2F, G; compare descriptions in Hentschel et al. 2009a; Heinrichs et al. 2012; Feldberg et al. 2021b). The typical rectangular to ovate underleaves with two long apical cilia (Suppl. material 1: Fig. S2G) and the lobules, which are inserted parallel to the stem to slightly oblique, are well visible.