Agathis zamunerae
Agathis zamunerae Temporal range: Early-Mid Eocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
(unranked): | Gymnosperms |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Araucariaceae |
Genus: | Agathis |
Species: | A. zamunerae
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Binomial name | |
Agathis zamunerae Wilf 2005
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Agathis zamunerae is an extinct species of tree in the genus Agathis from the Early and Middle Eocene rainforest paleofloras of the and ,[1] Patagonia, Argentina. The genus existed roughly from 52.2 to 47.75 million years ego.
References[]
- ^ Wilf et al., 2005
Bibliography[]
- Eocene Plant Diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina. The American Naturalist 165. 634–650. Accessed 2019-02-22. ; ; ; ; , and . 2005.
Further reading[]
- Wilf, P.; Escapa, I. H.; Cuneo, N. R.; Kooyman, R. M.; Johnson, K. R.; Iglesias, A. (2014). "First South American Agathis (Araucariaceae), Eocene of Patagonia". American Journal of Botany. 101 (1): 156–179. doi:10.3732/ajb.1300327. PMID 24418576.
Categories:
- Agathis
- Eocene plants
- Eocene life of South America
- Paleogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Neuquén Basin
- Fossil taxa described in 2014
- Conifer stubs
- Paleobotany stubs