Agathis zamunerae

Agathis zamunerae is an extinct species of tree in the genus Agathis from the Early and Middle Eocene rainforest paleofloras of the Ligorio Márquez and Ventana Formations,[1] Patagonia, Argentina. The genus existed roughly from 52.2 to 47.75 million years ego.

Agathis zamunerae
Temporal range: Early-Mid Eocene
~52.2–47.7 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Araucariaceae
Genus: Agathis
Species:
A. zamunerae
Binomial name
Agathis zamunerae
Wilf 2005

References

  1. Wilf et al., 2005

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Wilf, P.; Escapa, I. H.; Cuneo, N. R.; Kooyman, R. M.; Johnson, K. R.; Iglesias, A. (2014). "First South American Agathis (Araucariaceae), Eocene of Patagonia". American Journal of Botany. 101 (1): 156–179. doi:10.3732/ajb.1300327. PMID 24418576.
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