BRYOKHUTULIINIA JURASSICA, GEN. ET SPEC. NOVA, A REMARKABLE FOSSIL MOSS FROM MONGOLIA

Abstract

  The new genus Bryokhutuliinia is described. It includes Jurassic species B. jurassica Ignatov spec. nova from Mongolia and Cretaceous B. ingodensis (Srebrodolskaya) Ignatov comb. nova (Muscites ingodensis Srebrodolskaya) from Transbaikalia Region. The combination of the lack of costa, limbate leaf, elongated cells and distichous leaves is unique in mosses and does not allow to relate this new genus to any of extant groups. Both species of Bryokhutuliinia are known only as imprints of sterile leafy shoots.