Styracoxylon thyllosum E. Moya, Brea & M.J. Franco (2015:213)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Moya et al., 2015)
Last record: Late Pleistocene (Brea et al., 2025; IFPNI, 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
Argentina
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Moya, Eliana, Brea, Mariana and Franco, María Jimena. (2015). First record of Styracoxylon (Styracaceae) from Southern Hemisphere: Arroyo Feliciano Formation (Upper Pleistocene), Entre Ríos, Argentina. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 221: 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.07.008
Other references:
Brea, Mariana, Zucol, Alejandro F., Franco, María Jimena, Ramos R. Soledad, Patterer, Noelia I., Moya, Eliana, Passeggi, Esteban, Frezzia, Sebastián A. and Martinez, Camila Martinez. (2025). La paleobotánica en el sur de la región del Litoral argentino: historia, desarrollo y estado actual de su conocimiento / Palaeobotany in the southern Argentine Littoral region: history, development and current state of knowledge. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 60(4): 405-433. https://doi.org/10.31055/1851.2372.v60.n4.49487
IFPNI (International Fossil Plant Names Index). (2026). Styracoxylon thyllosum. In: International Fossil Plant Names Index. Available at: https://ifpni.org/ [Accessed 29 August 2026]
Pujana, Roberto R. (2022). Fossil woods from Argentina (1884–2021). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 24(2): 217-240. [Appendix (.xls)]