FIRST FOSSIL WOOD FROM THE NORTHERN PAMPA (UPPER PLEISTOCENE), SANTA FE PROVINCE, ARGENTINA

Authors

  • María Jimena Franco CICYTTP (CONICET-Prov. ER-UADER), Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos, Oro verde, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3504-1681
  • Raúl Vezzosi CICYTTP (CONICET-Prov. ER-UADER), Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos, Oro verde, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
  • Ernesto Brunetto CICYTTP (CONICET-Prov. ER-UADER), Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos, Oro verde, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.13.08.2019.3267

Keywords:

FOSSIL WOOD, PROTEACEAE, NORTHERN PAMPA, PLEISTOCENE, CENOZOIC

Abstract

The present work introduces the first anatomical and systematic study of a fossil wood found in the Northern Pampa. The diagnostic anatomical features of the fossil wood are common in the Proteaceae family and Roupala genus. This fossil wood can be included within the organ genus Scalarixylon, Pujana. This family is considered a relict group from Gondwana because of its disjunct modern distribution in Australia, Africa, Central and South America, and limited places in Asia and the Pacific Isla. This finding is particularly significant for future paleobiogeography interpretations about this region and for the occurrence of Proteaceae fossil in the Paraná Basin over the Pleistocene.

Author Biography

  • María Jimena Franco, CICYTTP (CONICET-Prov. ER-UADER), Diamante, Entre Ríos, Argentina Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos, Oro verde, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
    Laboratorio de Paleobotánica

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Published

2020-01-28

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 6 (2019)

Section

Paleontological Notes

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How to Cite

FIRST FOSSIL WOOD FROM THE NORTHERN PAMPA (UPPER PLEISTOCENE), SANTA FE PROVINCE, ARGENTINA. (2020). Ameghiniana, 56(6), 493-500. https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.13.08.2019.3267