Recurrent volcanic activity recorded in araucarian wood from the Lower Cretaceous Springhill Formation, Patagonia, Argentina: Palaeoenvironmental interpretations

Recurrent volcanic activity recorded in araucarian wood from the Lower Cretaceous Springhill Formation, Patagonia, Argentina: Palaeoenvironmental interpretations

This paper describes a petrified trunk collected from a conglomerate bed of the Springhill Formation (Berriasian–Valanginian) in the Estancia El Álamo locality, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The fossil trunk is classified within theubiquitous genus Agathoxylon and the wood anatomy shows a close af...

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Main Authors: Georgina M. Del Fueyo, Martín A. Carrizo, Daniel G. Poiré, Maiten A. Lafuente Diaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2021-03-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Subjects:
araucariaceae
agathoxylon
volcanic eruptions
wood
berriasian
valanginian
south america
Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app007832020.pdf

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