Fossil woods from the Cross Valley Formation (Paleocene of Western Antarctica): Araucariaceae-dominated forests

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Pujana, Roberto Roman, Marenssi, Sergio Alfredo, Santillana, Sergio N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Araucariaceae; Wood Anatomy; West Antarctica; Paleobotany; Paleocene; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentina; Argentino; Cross Valley; Seymour; Seymour Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/46662

Fossil woods from Paleocene sediments of the Cross Valley Formation (Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula) are anatomically studied in detail. We collected 64 samples represented almost exclusively by conifers (95%). Only three samples of not determinable angiosperm fossil wood were found. Preservati...