Eocene “Chusquea” fossil from Patagonia is a conifer, not a bamboo
Abstract. Chusquea oxyphylla Freng. & Parodi, 1941, a fossilized leafy branch from the early Eocene (52 Ma), late-Gondwanan Laguna del Hunco biota of southern Argentina, is still cited as the oldest potential bamboo fossil and as evidence for a Gondwanan origin of bamboos. On recent examination,...
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Pensoft Publishers
2020
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7010844/ https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.139.48717 |