Early Eocene infructescences from Argentine Patagonia expand the biogeography of Malvoideae
Caroline Siegert,
Maria A. Gandolfo,
Peter Wilf
Abstract:PremiseFossil infructescences and isolated fruits with characters of Malvoideae, a subfamily of Malvaceae (mallow family), were collected from early Eocene sediments in Chubut, Argentina. The main goals of this research are to describe and place these fossils systematically, and to explore their biogeographical implications.MethodsFossils were collected at the Laguna del Hunco site, Huitrera Formation, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina. They were prepared, photographed, and compared with extant and fossil infructes… Show more
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