Conifer wood assemblage dominated by Podocarpaceae, early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, central Argentinean Patagonia

• Published in: PhytoKeys
• Main Authors: Pujana, Roberto R., Wilf, Peter, Gandolfo, Maria A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020
• Subjects: Research Article; Fossil Lake; Patagonia; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7456426/; https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175

During the early Eocene, Patagonia had highly diverse floras that are primarily known from compression and pollen fossils. Fossil wood studies from this epoch are scarce in the region and largely absent from the Laguna del Hunco flora, which has a highly diverse and excellently preserved compression...