Peltophoroxylon uruguayense R.S. Ramos, Brea & R. Pardo (2014:203)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Peltophoroxylon uruguayensis R.S. Ramos, Brea & R. Pardo (2014:203) [orth. var.]
Conservation Status
Extinct (Ramos et al., 2014)
Last record: Late Pleistocene [El Palmar Formation] (Ramos et al., 2014; Brea et al., 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Entre Ríos, eastern Argentina
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ramos, R. Soledad, Brea, Mariana and Pardo, Romina. (2014). A new fossil wood of Peltophoroxylon (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) from the El Palmar Formation (late Pleistocene), Entre Ríos, Argentina. IAWA Journal 35(2). 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00000060
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). Peltophoroxylon uruguayense. In: International Fossil Plant Names Index. Available at: https://ifpni.org/ [Accessed 22 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)]