Permineralized fruits from the late Eocene of Panama give clues of the composition of forests established early in the uplift of Central America

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 175, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-24

  Herrera, Fabiany ^a,b   Manchester, Steven R ^a   Jaramillo, Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Dracontomelon; Eocene; Humiriaceae; Neotropical rainforests; Panama; Vitaceae

Indexed keywords

BIOME; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; EOCENE; EVERGREEN TREE; FLORISTICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; FRUIT; ISLAND ARC; MINERALIZATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW GENUS; PALEOBOTANY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RAINFOREST; SEED; UPLIFT; VEGETATION HISTORY; VINE;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANACARDIACEAE; ARECACEAE; DRACONTOMELON; HUMIRIACEAE; LAMIALES; LEEA; VITACEAE;

EID: 84860438075     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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