Porongodendron minitensis gen. nov. sp. nov. a new lycopsid from the Mississippian of Argentina with adaptations to tundra-like conditions

• Published in: Botany Letters
• Main Authors: Prestianni, Cyrille, Rustán, Juan José, Balseiro, Diego, Vaccari, Norberto Emilio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: FERTILE ZONES; GONDWANA; PERIODICITY; RHIZOMORPH; STIGMARIA; TOURNAISIAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; South Pole; Liège; South pole; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/203638

The Mississippian is characterized worldwide by a general cooling of the environment and a climatic stratification of Earth. Argentina at that time was part of the megacontinent Gondwana. It occupied a position close to the South Pole around 60°S. Whereas paleoequatorial and paleotropical floras are...