Biodiversity of ecosystems in an arid setting: The late Albian plant communities and associated biota from eastern Iberia

Table 1. (Continued) Taxon Section Known or probable parent affinity Possible preferred environment Callialasporites dampieri SJ, CA, AP Gymnospermophyta; Coniferales; Araucariaceae/Podocarpaceae Canopy/xerophytic (coastal, upland?) Callialasporites minor CA Callialasporites trilobatus CA, AP Callialasporites turbatus CA Callialasporites segmentatus AP Camarozonosporites ambigens CA Lycophyta; Lycopodiaceae Ground cover/hygrophytic (lowland, mires, wet environments) Camarozonosporites cf. ambigens CA Camarozonosporites cf. hammenii CA Camarozonosporites insignis AP Camarozonosporites spp. CA, AP Cardioangulina sp. CA Monilophyta; uncertain affinities Ground cover/hygrophytic? Cedripites cf. canadensis SJ Gymnospermophyta; Coniferales; Pinaceae Canopy/xerophytic (upland, well drained) Cedripites cf. cretaceous CA Cedripites sp. CA, AP Ceratosporites sp. SJ, CA Lycophyta; Selaginellaceae Ground cover/hygrophytic? Cerebropollenites macroverrucosus CA, AP Gymnospermophyta; uncertain affinity (taxodioid, Sciadopityaceae) Canopy/hygrophytic? (pioneer?) ?Chichaouadinium arabicum SJ Dinoflagellata: Peridiniaceae Marine Chlamydophorella sp. CA Dinoflagellata: uncertain affinity Marine Chomotriletes minor SJ, CA, AP Chlorophyta; Zygnemataceae Freshwaters Cibotiumspora jurienensis CA, AP Monilophyta; uncertain affinities Ground cover/hygrophytic (understory, wet lowland) Cibotiumspora sp. SJ Cicatricosisporites angicanalis CA Monilophyta; Schizaeales; Anemiaceae Ground cover, understory, epiphytes/ hygrophytic (lowland, marshes, wet

environments) Cicatricosisporites apicanalis SJ, CA, AP Cicatricosisporites aralicus SJ, AP Cicatricosisporites crassiterminatus CA Cicatricosisporites dorogensis CA Cicatricosisporites cf. grabowensis SJ Cicatricosisporites hughesii SJ, CA, AP Cicatricosisporites cf. ludbrookiae AP Cicatricosisporites cf. minutaestriatus AP Cicatricosisporites patapscoensis SJ, CA, AP Cicatricosisporites potomacensis SJ, CA, AP Cicatricosisporites proxiradiatus CA Cicatricosisporites pseudotripartitus CA Cicatricosisporites cf. pseudotripartitus SJ, CA, AP Cicatricosisporites cf. recticicatricosus CA Cicatricosisporites sinuosus CA, AP Cicatricosisporites sprumontii CA Cicatricosisporites venustus SJ, CA, AP Cicatricosisporites spp. SJ, CA, AP (Continued) PLOS ONE Late Albian desert biota from Iberia PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282178 March 2, 2023 11 / 51