Mimosoxylon caccavariae Brea, Zucol & Patterer (2010:38)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Brea et al., 2010)
Last record: Late Pleistocene (Brea et al., 2010, 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
eastern Argentina
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Brea, Mariana, Zucol, Alejandro F. and Patterer, Noelia. (2010). Fossil woods from late Pleistocene sediments from El Palmar Formation, Uruguay Basin, Eastern Argentina. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 163(1-2): 35-51. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.09.001
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). Mimosoxylon caccavariae. In: International Fossil Plant Names Index. Available at: https://ifpni.org/ [Accessed 23 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)]