“…Apart from Alexander Island, macrofloras are known from the South Shetland Islands (Aptian to Maastrichtian, e.g., Cantrill, 1997Cantrill, , 1998Cantrill, , 2000aC esari et al, 1999;C esari, 2006;Vera, 2007Vera, , 2009Vera, , 2012Vera, , 2013 and the Larsen Basin on the east side of the Antarctic Peninsula (e.g., Hathway et al, 1998;Eklund, 2003;Eklund et al, 2004;Hayes et al, 2006;Kvacek, 2014). Ferns have been described in detail from several of these floras including those of the South Shetland Islands (e.g., Philippe et al, 1995;Torres et al, 1997;Cantrill, 1997Cantrill, , 1998 foliar characters, Cladophlebis bears similarity to several families including Osmundaceae, Dicksoniaceae, Schizaeaceae, and Dennstaedtiaceae.…”