A new araucarian fossil species from the Paleogene of southern Argentina

Ameghiniana

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 215-222

  Panti, Carolina ^a   Césari, Silvia N ^a   Marenssi, Sergio A ^b   Olivero, Eduardo B ^c  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Araucaria; Araucariaceae; Argentina; Cuticle; Gymnosperms; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FOSSIL; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGENE;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA; ARAUCARIACEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 34347381355     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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