Eocene Plant Diversity at Laguna del Hunco and Río Pichileufú, Patagonia, Argentina
- P. Wilf, Kirk R. Johnson, N. Cúneo, M. Smith, B. Singer, M. Gandolfo
- Environmental ScienceAmerican Naturalist
- 7 April 2005
Diverse floral associations in Patagonia evolved by the Eocene, possibly in response to global warming, and were persistent and areally extensive, suggesting extraordinary richness at low latitudes via the latitudinal diversity gradient.
High Plant Diversity in Eocene South America: Evidence from Patagonia
- P. Wilf, N. Cúneo, Kirk R. Johnson, J. Hicks, S. Wing, J. Obradovich
- Environmental Science, GeographyScience
- 4 April 2003
Radioisotopic and paleomagnetic analyses indicate that the flora was deposited 52 million years ago, the time of the early Eocene climatic optimum, when tropical plant taxa and warm, equable climates reached middle latitudes of both hemispheres.
A Paleocene lowland macroflora from Patagonia reveals significantly greater richness than North American analogs
- A. Iglesias, P. Wilf, B. Singer
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 1 October 2007
Few South American macrofloras of Paleocene age are known, and this limits our knowledge of diversity and composition between the end-Cretaceous event and the Eocene appearance of high floral…
Oldest Known Eucalyptus Macrofossils Are from South America
- M. Gandolfo, E. Hermsen, Kirk R. Johnson
- Environmental Science, GeographyPLoS ONE
- 28 June 2011
These fossils indicate that the evolution of the eucalypt group is not constrained to a single region, and strengthen the taxonomic connections between the Laguna del Hunco paleoflora and extant subtropical and tropical Australasia.
New perspectives on the Mesozoic seed fern order Corystospermales based on attached organs from the Triassic of Antarctica.
- B. Axsmith, E. Taylor, T. Taylor, N. Cúneo
- Environmental ScienceAmerican-Eurasian journal of botany
- 1 June 2000
Phylogenetic analysis suggests that the corystosperm cupule is an unlikely homologue for the angiosperm carpel or outer integument, and studies that treat Dicroidium leaf morphospecies as proxies for biological species of entire plants should be reconsidered.
A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs
- J. Carballido, D. Pol, J. M. Krause
- Geography, BiologyProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 10 August 2017
A new giant titanosaur is described, which represents the largest species described so far and one of the most complete titanosaurs, and its inclusion in an extended phylogenetic analysis and the optimization of body mass reveals the presence of an endemic clade of giant titanosaurs inhabited Patagonia between the Albian and the Santonian.
Richness of plant-insect associations in Eocene Patagonia: a legacy for South American biodiversity.
- P. Wilf, C. Labandeira, Kirk R. Johnson, N. Cúneo
- Environmental Science, GeographyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 21 June 2005
Significant more damage diversity is found at Laguna del Hunco than in the North American floras, whether measured on bulk collections or on individual plant species, for both damage morphotypes and feeding groups.
Papuacedrus (Cupressaceae) in Eocene Patagonia: A new fossil link to Australasian rainforests.
- P. Wilf, S. Little, Kirk R. Johnson
- Environmental Science, GeographyAmerican-Eurasian journal of botany
- 1 November 2009
Combined evidence indicates a biome similar to extant subtropical, or tropical montane, rainforests that persisted for at least 4.4 Myr, linking elevated floral richness to abundant rainfall.
Permian phytogeography in Gondwana
- N. Cúneo
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 1 October 1996
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