Fossil flowers from the early Palaeocene of Patagonia, Argentina, with affinity to Schizomerieae (Cunoniaceae)

• Published in: Annals of Botany
• Main Authors: Jud, Nathan A., Gandolfo, Maria Alejandra, Iglesias, Ari, Wilf, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: NLM (Medline)
• Subjects: Danian; Early Paleogene; Patagonia; Gondwana; Schizomerieae; Argentina; Salamanca Formation; Peñas Coloradas Formation; K-Pg recovery; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Chubut; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/91092

Background and Aims: Early Palaeocene (Danian) plant fossils from Patagonia provide information on the recovery from the end-Cretaceous extinction and Cenozoic floristic change in South America. Actinomorphic flowers with eight to ten perianth parts are described and evaluated in a phylogenetic fram...