First Miocene megafossil of arrowhead, alismataceous plant Sagittaria, from South America

The first pre-Quaternary representative of Alismataceae from South America is reported based on achenes of Sagittaria montevidensis from the Palo Pintado Formation (upper Miocene) in the south of Salta Province, Argentina. Achenes are laterally compressed, have a lateral beak and a single recurved...

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Main Authors: Juan M. Robledo, Silvina A. Contreras, Johanna S. Baez, Claudia I. Galli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2021-09-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app66/app008352020.pdf