First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America

• Main Authors: Macphail, M., Carpenter, R. J., Iglesias, Ari, Wilf, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Ciencias Naturales; Fósiles; Polen; Antarctic; Argentina; East Antarctica; New Zealand; Patagonia; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85131

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...