| Agathis zamunerae Temporal range: Early-Mid Eocene ~52.2–47.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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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, 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Agathis zamunerae | |
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