NEW SPECIES OF CONIFER WOOD FROM THE BAQUERÓ GROUP (EARLY CRETACEOUS) OF PATAGONIA

VERA IGNACIO; CÉSARI, S. N.

AMEGHINIANA

ASOCIACION PALEONTOLOGICA ARGENTINA

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2015 vol. 52 p. 468 - 471

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The Baqueró Group is a continental sequence depositedduring the late Aptian in Patagonia (Césari et al., 2011; Limarinoet al., 2012; Perez Loinaze et al., 2013). During morethan fifty years the Baqueró deposits have been yieldingan exceptionally rich and diverse paleoflora includingshoots and leaves preserved as impression/compressions,charcoalified and silicified stems and woods, and isolatedpalynomorphs, representing diverse plant groups, such asferns, cycads, bennettites, conifers, and early angiosperms.