Equisetopsida - Pinidae - Pinidae
The specific epithet refers to the Lefipán Formation where the type material of this species was collected.
Full reference: A. Andruchow-Colombo, I. H. Escapa, N. R. Cuneo and M. A. Gandolfo. 2018. Araucaria lefipanensis (Araucariaceae), a new species with dimorphic leaves from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. American Journal of Botany 105(6):1-21
Belongs to Araucaria according to E. Stiles et al. 2020
See also Andruchow-Colombo et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Araucaria annulata, Araucaria balcombensis, Araucaria bladenensis, Araucaria clarkii, Araucaria darlingtonensis, Araucaria fibrosa, Araucaria fimbriatus, Araucaria grandifolia, Araucaria hastiensis, Araucaria hatcheri, Araucaria jeffreyi, Araucaria lignitici, Araucaria longifolia, Araucaria marensii, Araucaria marylandica, Araucaria megastrobilii, Araucaria nathorsti, Araucaria obtusifolia, Araucaria planus, Araucaria podocarpoides, Araucaria prominens, Araucaria readiae, Araucaria spatulata, Araucaria taeriensis, Araucaria uncinatus, Araucaria zamioides
Type specimen: MPEF-Pb 8297, a multi organs (Leafy branch). Its type locality is Cañadón del Loro , which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial siltstone in the Lefipan Formation of Argentina.
Distribution: found only at Cañadón del Loro
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.