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The first known indicator of probable fern epiphytism in the Tertiary fossil record is documented from the Eocene
London Clay of southeast England. This pyritised fern rachis exhibits major deviation from the basic form of
petiolar vascular trace morphology shown by the other London Clay fossil ferns and is here attributed to the
Polypodiaceae. This represents the first known occurrence of this family in the London Clay macroflora, and
brings the total of distinct fern rachis types from the Lower Tertiary of southeast England to six. The significance
of this find is interpreted in relation to its probable origins from a tropical rainforest palaeoflora in which it is
proposed that this specimen represents the first occurrence of an epiphytic component.
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