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 Monosulcites minimus SJ, CA, AP Gymnospermophyta; uncertain affinity (Bennettitales, Cycadales, Ginkgoales) Canopy/xerophytic (lowland, coastal) Monosulcites sp. 1 CA, AP Monosulcites spp. SJ, CA, AP Montsechia-type SJ Antophyta; Ceratophyllum? Hygrophytic? Murospora sp. CA, AP Monilophyta; uncertain affinities Ground cover/hygrophytic? Nehvizdya (Eretmophyllum) penalveri CA, AP Gymnospermophyta; Ginkgoales Canopy/xerophytic (lowland, marshes) Neoraistrickia cf. densata CA Lycophyta; Selaginellaceae Ground cover, xerophytic? Neoraistrickia equalis CA Neoraistrickia robusta SJ, CA, AP Neoraistrickia truncata CA, AP Neoraistrickia spp. SJ, CA, AP Nevesisporites dailyi SJ, CA, AP Bryophyta Ground cover/hygrophytic (peat bog?) Nodosisporites segmentus AP Monilophyta; Schizaeales; Anemiaceae Ground cover, understory, epiphytes/ hygrophytic (lowland, marshes, wet environments) Nodosisporites sp. CA Odontochitina rhakodes SJ Dinoflagellata: Ceratiaceae Marine Oligosphaeridium complex SJ, CA, AP Dinoflagellata: Leptodinioideae Marine Oligosphaeridium spp. SJ, CA Osmundacidites wellmanii SJ, CA, AP Monilophyta; Osmundaceae Ground cover/hygrophytic (riparian, mire, marsh) Organic lining SJ Foraminifera Marine Ornamentifera peregrina SJ, CA Monilophyta; Gleicheniaceae Ground cover/xerophytic (lowland, pioneer) Ornamentifera cf. tuberculata CA Ornamentifera sp. CA, AP Ovoidinium sp. CA Dinoflagellata: Peridiniaceae Marine

Ovoidites sp. CA Chlorophyta; Zygnemataceae Freshwater Palaeohystrichophora sp. SJ Dinoflagellata: Peridiniaceae Marine Palaeoperidinium cretaceum SJ Parvisaccites amplus SJ Gymnospermophyta; uncertain affinity (Podocarpaceae, Voltziales) Canopy/xerophytic (upland, well drained) Parvisaccites radiatus CA, AP Parvisaccites spp. CA, AP aff. Parvisaccites spp. SJ Patellasporites tavaredensis SJ, CA, AP Monilophyta; uncertain affinities Ground cover/hygrophytic? Penetetrapites mollis CA Antophyta; uncertain affinity Canopy?/xerophytic? (lowland) Pennipollis escuchensis SJ, CA, AP Antophyta; Chloranthaceae-Ceratophyllum clade Ground cover/hygrophytic (wet lowland, marshes) Pennipollis cf. peroreticulatus SJ, CA, AP Pennipollis reticulatus SJ, CA, AP Pennipollis 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 16 / 51