A Paleogene trans-Antarctic distribution for Ripogonum (Ripogonaceae: Liliales)?

• Main Authors: Carpenter, Raymond, Wilf, Peter, Conran, John, Cuneo, Nestor Ruben
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Coquina Press
• Subjects: Argentina; Australasia; Eocene; Ripogonum; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Nestor; Patagonia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/19693

An impressive and growing list of biogeographically interesting plant and animal taxa occur in Paleogene sediments of both southern Australia and southern South America, indicating trans-Antarctic distributions during the warm past. Here, we provide the first evidence that the living, woody, Austral...