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Agathis zamunerae

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Agathis zamunerae
Temporal range: Early-Mid Eocene
~52.2–47.7 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  1. ^ Wilf et al., 2005

Bibliography

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  • 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

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  • 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.