Rare leaf fossils of Monimiaceae and Atherospermataceae (Laurales) from Eocene Patagonian rainforests and their biogeographic significance

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Knight, Cassandra L ^a   Wilf, Peter ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Eocene; Laurales; New genus; New species; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EOCENE; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

ATHEROSPERMATACEAE; DAPHNANDRA; DORYPHORA (ANGIOSPERM); LAURALES; LAURELIA; LAURELIOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MONIMIACEAE; WILKIEA;

EID: 84889242921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26879/386     Document Type: Article

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