Nuevo género y especie de liana del Mioceno Superior (Formación Palo Pintado), provincia de Salta, Argentina
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Resumen. Se describe Ranunculodendron anzoteguiae, un nuevo género y especie de liana fósil del Mioceno Superior, proveniente de la Formación Palo Pintado, provincia de Salta, Argentina. Es una liana de contorno circular, de 4 mm de diámetro, externamente costillada. Médula excéntrica, con 4 vasos protoxilemáticos, xilema secundario dividido en segmentos por anchos radios parenquimáticos, rodeados por cámbium, floema y corteza. Los caracteres histológicos fueron comparados con Lardizabalaceae y Menispermaceae, ambas familias pertenecientes al orden Ranunculales. Se realizaron comparaciones con otras lianas fósiles: Lardizabaloxylon lardizabaloides Shönfeld, Vitaceoxylon ranunculiformis Poole y Wilkinson y Menispermoxylon sp. de Vozenin-Serra et al. Tomando en conjunto los datos geológicos, palinológicos y de la megaflora, se infieren las condiciones paleoclimáticas en que vivieron las lianas. Abstract. NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF LIANE FROM THE UPPER MIOCENE (PALO PINTADO FORMATION), SALTA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA. Ranunculodendron anzoteguiae, a new genus and species of fossil liane from the Upper Miocene Palo Pintado Formation of Salta Province, Argentina is described. It is a circular liane, 4 mm in diameter, externally ribbed. The pith is excentric, whith 4 protoxilem vessels and secondary xylem divided into wedges by parenchymatous rays, all surrounded by cambium, phloem and cortex. The histological characters were compared with those of Lardizabalaceae and Menispermaceae (Order Ranunculales). Comparisons with other fossil lianes: Lardizabaloxylon lardizabaloides Shönfeld, Vitaceoxylon ranunculiformis Poole and Wilkinson and Menispermoxylon sp. of Vozenin-Serra et al. were also made. Geological, palynological and megafloral data are discussed in order to infer the paleoclimatic conditions in which the lianes inhabited.Downloads
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