INVESTIGADORES
IGLESIAS Ari
artículos
Título:
Fossil wood of the Mimosoideae from the early Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina
Autor/es:
BREA MARIANA; ZAMUNER ALBA B.; MATHEOS SERGIO D.; IGLESIAS ARI; ZUCOL ALEJANDRO L.
Revista:
ALCHERINGA
Editorial:
Association of Australasian Palaeontologists
Referencias:
Lugar: Sydney; Año: 2008 p. 427 - 441
ISSN:
0311-5518
Resumen:
Paracacioxylon frenguellii sp. nov., belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae is described here. This taxon is based on petrified wood from Palacio de los Loros locality, central Patagonia, Argentina, from the Salamanca Formation (Early Paleocene). This new species represents not only the oldest record of wood belonging to this genus and to the Fabaceae in the western border of the Gondwana - but it is also the world is second oldest record for wood of the Mimosoideae subfamily. Paracacioxylon frenguellii shows similarities with Mimosoideae genera from extant subtropical forests and it is related closely Acacia.
