Claim · model-written summary
South American Ripogonum was probably a scrambling vine in mesic forest.
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Title
A Paleogene trans-Antarctic distribution for Ripogonum (Ripogonaceae: Liliales)?
RJ Carpenter; P Wilf; JG Conran; et al. Palaeontologia Electronica 2014. doi:10.26879/460
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Fossil leaves provide evidence that Ripogonum was present in early Eocene Patagonia.
- Observation Two fossil leaves were assignable to Ripogonum from shape, size, and venation.
- Observation The fossil leaves closely resembled R. album, R. scandens, and R. tasmanicum.
- Observation The authors described the new species R. americanum.
- Observation The fossils suggest a larger past Ripogonum range that included Antarctica in the early Paleogene.
- Observation South American Ripogonum probably grew with a rich fern and angiosperm understory flora.