Fossil woods from the Oligocene of southwestern Patagonia (Río Leona Formation). Atherospermataceae, Myrtaceae, Leguminosae and Anacardiaceae

Ameghiniana

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 523-535

  Pujana, Roberto R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anacardiaceae; Atherospermataceae; Leguminosae; Myrtaceae; Oligocene; Patagonia; Secondary xylem; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DICOTYLEDON; FOSSIL; LEGUME; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; WOOD; XYLEM;

PATAGONIA;

ANACARDIACEAE; ATHEROSPERMATACEAE; FABACEAE; LAURELITES; MYRTACEAE; SCHINUS;

EID: 72449155596     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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