Enterolobiumoxylon vassalloae Ramos et al., 2022
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Etymology
Ramos et al. (2022) state: "The specific epithet, vassalloae, after Cristina Vassallo de Cettour in recognition of her significant and extensive work on fossils collection."
Conservation Status
Extinct (Ramos et al., 2022)
Last record: Late Pleistocene (El Palmar Formation) (Ramos et al., 2022; Brea et al., 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Entre Ríos province, Argentina
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: CIDPALBO-MEG 110, CIDPALBO-MIC 1367 (three microscopic slides) (Ramos et al., 2022)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ramos, R. Soledad, Brea, Mariana, Kröhling, Daniela M. and Contreras, Silvina A. (2022). New data for palaeoclimatic reconstructions in the upper/middle Uruguay River Basin: caesalpinioid Fabaceae woods in the Late Pleistocene. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 200(4): 491-523. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boac023
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