The paucity of the bryophyte fossil record has often been blamed on low preservation
potential. To address this perception, we (1) summarize data demonstrating that bryophytes …

The moss fossil records from the Paleozoic age to the Eocene epoch are reviewed and their
putative relationships to extant moss groups discussed. The incomplete preservation and …

Permian charophytes are known from the Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Saudi
Arabia, China, the USA, Brazil, Paraguay and India. Most of these records are of Middle-Late …

The pleurocarpous mosses (ie, Hypnanae) are a species-rich group of land plants
comprising about 6,000 species that share the development of female sex organs on short …

The phylogenetic position and generic composition of the moss family Plagiotheciaceae
were explored using DNA sequence data from three genomes: plastid trnL-F and rps4 …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Mosses, very diverse in modern ecosystems, are currently
underrepresented in the fossil record. For the pre‐Cenozoic, fossil mosses are known …

Bryophytes are found throughout the world in almost all terrestrial habitats. However, the
fossil record of bryophytes is generally poor and fragmentary. In this contribution, we present …

Three compression specimens of a fossil moss from the Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of
Inner Mongolia, China, are described as Ningchengia jurassica, sp. nov. Ningchengia forms …

Abstract The Late Paleozoic in West Gondwana was a period of significant climatic changes,
ranging from a glacial climate in the Late Carboniferous to a semi-arid climate in the Late …

Compared with the fossil record of vascular plants, bryophyte fossils are rare; this
circumstance is probably related to a lower preservation potential compared with that of …