Laurinoxylon chalatenangensis sp. nov. from the Miocene Chalatenango Formation, El Salvador
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- 作者：Sergio R.S. Cevallos-Ferriza ; Gabriel Ceren Ló ; pezb ; Luis A. Flores Rochac
- 关键词：Lauraceae ; Laurinoxylon ; El Salvador ; Wood anatomy ; Miocene ; Chalatenango Formation
- 刊名：Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：October 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：233
- 期：Complete
- 页码：186-192
- 全文大小：1185 K
文摘
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A new Miocene species of Laurinoxylo is described based on wood anatomy.
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It supports the presence of tropical forest during the Miocene in El Salvador.
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Adds support to the idea of plants from North America became part of the extant Neotropical flora.
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This is the first fossil wood described form El Salvador.
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It is an example of the large diversity found among the collected plant material that is need of detailed study.