• Extensive plant traces preserved in fossil soils are described from Early
Devonian deposits of
Xujiachong Formation in
Yunnan (
China) by Xue
et al. (2016), who interpret the traces as belowground
rhizomes of the
basal lycopsid Drepanophycus. • A description of the rooting system preserved in basal
lycophyte fossils from the
Devonian Beartooth Butte Formation (
Wyoming,
United States) is published by Matsunaga & Tomescu (2016). • Fossils of the fern
Acrostichum lanzaeanum are described from the
Oligocene La Val fossil site (
Huesca Province,
Spain) by Moreno-Domínguez
et al. (2016), who interpret the fossils as indicating that in Oligocene
Acrostichum grew and developed as a
pioneering plant in disturbed environments, such as
floodplain areas. • A study on the phylogenetic relationships of
Pseudoasterophyllites cretaceus is published by Kvaček
et al. (2018). • Fossil fruit of a member of the genus
Cornus related to
Cornus piggae is described from the
Late Cretaceous (late
Campanian)
Spray Formation (
British Columbia,
Canada) by Atkinson, Stockey & Rothwell (2016). ==References==