Leños fósiles de Anacardiaceae en la Formación Ituzaingó (Plioceno-Pleistoceno), Toma Vieja, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina

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12/2009
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Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina
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Ameghiniana
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0002-7014
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1851-8044
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Se describen dos leños permineralizados hallados en la Formación Ituzaingó (PliocenoPleistoceno), de la familia Anacardiaceae. El material fósil fue encontrado en la localidad fosilífera de Toma Vieja, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina. La presencia de una combinación de caracteres en cada uno permitió distinguir esta familia de otras dicotiledóneas e identificar dos morfotaxones: Astroniumxylon parabalansae Franco et Brea y una nueva morfoespecie de Astroniumxylon Brea et al. Los ejemplares presentan afinidad con el género actual Astronium Jacq. Las especies actuales más afines son Astronium balansae Engl. y Astronium urundeuva (Allemão) Engl. respectivamente. El método del análogo moderno sugiere que las nuevas plantas crecieron bajo condiciones climáticas con estacionalidad marcada e integraron paleocomunidades vinculadas al Dominio de los Bosques Neotropicales Estacionales, que a partir del Mioceno fueron reduciendo su distribución en el norte de Argentina, sudeste de Bolivia y Brasil. La abundancia de fósiles de Anacardiaceae, registrados en numerosas localidades fosilíferas de Argentina desde el Mioceno hasta el Pleistoceno, apoyan la postura que esta familia fue un componente importante durante el Cenozoico del sector más austral de América del Sur.
Two petrified woods from Ituzaingó Formation (PliocenePleistocene) are described and assigned to Anacardiaceae. The specimens were found in Toma Vieja fossiliferous locality, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina. The presence of a combination of characters in each one allowed to distinguish this family from other dicotyledonous and to assign the material to two morfotaxa: Astroniumxylon parabalansae Franco et Brea and a new morphospecies of Astroniumxylon Brea et al. The petrified woods show great affinity with the genera Astronium Jacq., while Astronium balansae Engl. and Astronium urundeuva (Allemão) Engl. are the most related species. The comparison with the nearest living relatives suggests that the fossils might have been a component of Neotropical Dry Forests with strongly seasonal climate. These current forests develop in South America and are relict in isolated localities in the North of Argentina, Southeast of Bolivia and Brazil, but that in the past they were more extended to the South and East of the American continent. Anacardiaceae family was a very important component during the Cenozoic in southernmost South America. This evidence is supported by diverse and abundant fossil record of Anacardiaceae.
Two petrified woods from Ituzaingó Formation (PliocenePleistocene) are described and assigned to Anacardiaceae. The specimens were found in Toma Vieja fossiliferous locality, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina. The presence of a combination of characters in each one allowed to distinguish this family from other dicotyledonous and to assign the material to two morfotaxa: Astroniumxylon parabalansae Franco et Brea and a new morphospecies of Astroniumxylon Brea et al. The petrified woods show great affinity with the genera Astronium Jacq., while Astronium balansae Engl. and Astronium urundeuva (Allemão) Engl. are the most related species. The comparison with the nearest living relatives suggests that the fossils might have been a component of Neotropical Dry Forests with strongly seasonal climate. These current forests develop in South America and are relict in isolated localities in the North of Argentina, Southeast of Bolivia and Brazil, but that in the past they were more extended to the South and East of the American continent. Anacardiaceae family was a very important component during the Cenozoic in southernmost South America. This evidence is supported by diverse and abundant fossil record of Anacardiaceae.
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