Agathis zamunerae
| Agathis zamunerae Temporal range: Early-Mid Eocene ~ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales |
| Family: | Araucariaceae |
| Genus: | Agathis |
| Species: | A. zamunerae |
| Binomial name | |
| Agathis zamunerae Wilf 2005 | |
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.
References
- ^ Wilf et al., 2005
Bibliography
- Wilf, P.; Johnson, K.R.; Cúneo, N.R.; Smith, M.E.; Singer, B.S.; Gandolfo, M.A. (2005), "Eocene Plant Diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina", The American Naturalist, 165 (6): 634–650, doi:10.1086/430055, PMID 15937744, retrieved 2019-02-22
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. hdl:11336/27660. PMID 24418576.