A Paleocene lowland macroflora from Patagonia reveals significantly greater richness than North American analogs

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 947-950

  Iglesias, Ari ^a   Wilf, Peter ^b   Johnson, Kirk R ^c   Zamuner, Alba B ^a   Cúneo, N Rubén ^d   Matheos, Sergio D ^e   Singer, Bradley S ^f  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleocene; Patagonia; Plant diversity; Salamanca Formation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN ENVIRONMENTS; FLOWERS; PALEOCENE; PLANT DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FRUITS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

FLOODPLAIN; FLORA; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 35448955974     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23889A.1     Document Type: Article

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