Parahancornioxylon piptadiensis (Lutz) Moya & Brea (2017)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Menendoxylon piptadiensis Lutz (1987); Menedoxylon piptadiensis Lutz (1987); Menendoxylon piptadiense Lutz (1987); Parahancornioxylon piptadiense (Lutz) Moya & Brea (2017)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene (Brea et al., 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
Argentina
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lutz, Alicia I. (1987). Estudio Anatómico de Maderas Terciarias del Valle de Santa María (Catamarca–Tucumán), Argentina. Facena 7: 125-143.
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). Parahancornioxylon piptadiense. In: International Fossil Plant Names Index. Available at: https://ifpni.org/ [Accessed 5 September 2026]
Moya, Eliana, Brea, Mariana and Lutz, Alicia I. (2018). Redescription and reassignment of the fossil wood Menendoxylon piptadiensis from the Pliocene Andalhuala Formation, South America. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(13): 1145-1157. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1386727