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 Tricolpites cf. amplifissus AP Antophyta; eudicots Canopy?/xerophytic? (lowland) Tricolpites cf. brnicensis AP Tricolpites cf. maximus CA, AP Tricolpites micromunus SJ, CA, AP Tricolpites minutus CA, AP Tricolpites cf. minutus SJ Tricolpites nemejci SJ, CA, AP Tricolpites cf. parvus SJ, CA, AP Tricolpites sagax CA, AP Tricolpites cf. sagax CA Tricolpites vulgaris AP Tricolpites cf. vulgaris SJ, CA, AP Tricolpites sp. cf. Retitricolpites varireticulatus SJ, CA Tricolpites spp. SJ, CA, AP Tricolporoidites cf. pacltovae CA Antophyta; non-magnoliid dicotyledon Canopy?/xerophytic? (lowland) Tricolporoidites spp. CA, AP Trilobosporitesspp. SJ, CA, AP Monilophyta; Lygodiaceae Ground cover/hygrophytic (understory, wet lowland) Triporoletes cenomanianus CA Hepaticophyta; cf. Ricciaceae Ground cover/hydrophytic? Triporoletes radiatus CA Triporoletes reticulatus CA Triporoletes simplex AP Triporoletes sp. SJ, CA Tucanopollis crisopolensis SJ, CA Tucanopollis spp. CA Antophyta; Chloranthaceae-Ceratophyllumclade Groun cover?/hygrophytic? Uesuguipollenites callosus SJ, CA, AP Gymnospermophyta; Coniferales; Araucariaceae Canopy/xerophytic (coastal, upland?) Undulatisporites cf. pflugii CA Monilophyta; uncertain affinities Ground cover/hygrophytic Undulatisporites cf. rugulatus AP Undulatisporites undulapolus CA Undulatisporites spp. SJ, CA, AP Uvaesporites sp. CA Lycophyta; Selaginellaceae Ground cover/riparian?, xerophytic?

Varirugosisporites tolmanensis CA Monilophyta; uncertain affinities Ground cover/hygrophytic Varirugosisporites sp. CA Verrucatosporites sp. CA, AP Monilophyta; uncertain affinities Ground cover/hygrophytic Verrucosisporites cf. rotundus CA, AP Monilophyta; uncertain affinities Ground cover/hygrophytic aff. Verrucosisporites kopukuensis CA, AP Verrucosisporites spp. CA, AP Virgo amiantopollis CA, AP Antophyta; Eudicots (Gunnerales) Groun cover?/hygrophytic? Vitreisporites pallidus SJ, CA, AP Pteridospermatophyta; Caytoniales Canopy/hygrophytic (lowland, deltaic, mire, floodplains) Widdringtonites sp. SJ Gymnospermophyta; Coniferales; Cupressaceae Canopy/xerophytic (lowland) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282178.t001 PLOS ONE Late Albian desert biota from Iberia PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282178 March 2, 2023 19 / 51