First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America
We report the first fossil pollen from South America of the lineage that includes the recently discovered, extremely rare Australian Wollemi Pine, Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae). The grains are from the late Paleocene to early middle Eocene Ligorio Márquez Formation of Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argen...
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ftunivlaplata:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/85131 2023-05-15T13:47:46+02:00 First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America Macphail, M. Carpenter, R. J. Iglesias, Ari Wilf, P. 2013 application/pdf http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85131 en eng PLoS ONE vol. 8, no. 7 http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85131 issn:1932-6203 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) CC-BY-NC-SA Ciencias Naturales Fósiles Polen Articulo 2013 ftunivlaplata 2020-10-18T00:01:56Z We report the first fossil pollen from South America of the lineage that includes the recently discovered, extremely rare Australian Wollemi Pine, Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae). The grains are from the late Paleocene to early middle Eocene Ligorio Márquez Formation of Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina, and are assigned to Dilwynites, the fossil pollen type that closely resembles the pollen of modern Wollemia and some species of its Australasian sister genus, Agathis. Dilwynites was formerly known only from Australia, New Zealand, and East Antarctica. The Patagonian Dilwynites occurs with several taxa of Podocarpaceae and a diverse range of cryptogams and angiosperms, but not Nothofagus. The fossils greatly extend the known geographic range of Dilwynites and provide important new evidence for the Antarctic region as an early Paleogene portal for biotic interchange between Australasia and South America. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica East Antarctica Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP): SeDiCI (Servicio de Difusión de la Creación Intelectual) Antarctic Argentina East Antarctica Fósiles ENVELOPE(-56.866,-56.866,-64.300,-64.300) New Zealand Patagonia The Antarctic |
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We report the first fossil pollen from South America of the lineage that includes the recently discovered, extremely rare Australian Wollemi Pine, Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae). The grains are from the late Paleocene to early middle Eocene Ligorio Márquez Formation of Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina, and are assigned to Dilwynites, the fossil pollen type that closely resembles the pollen of modern Wollemia and some species of its Australasian sister genus, Agathis. Dilwynites was formerly known only from Australia, New Zealand, and East Antarctica. The Patagonian Dilwynites occurs with several taxa of Podocarpaceae and a diverse range of cryptogams and angiosperms, but not Nothofagus. The fossils greatly extend the known geographic range of Dilwynites and provide important new evidence for the Antarctic region as an early Paleogene portal for biotic interchange between Australasia and South America. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo |
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Macphail, M. Carpenter, R. J. Iglesias, Ari Wilf, P. |
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Macphail, M. Carpenter, R. J. Iglesias, Ari Wilf, P. |
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First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America |
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First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America |
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First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America |
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First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America |
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First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America |
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first evidence for wollemi pine-type pollen (dilwynites: araucariaceae) in south america |
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Antarctic Argentina East Antarctica Fósiles New Zealand Patagonia The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Argentina East Antarctica Fósiles New Zealand Patagonia The Antarctic |
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