Etymology. The specific epithet kawasianus is proposed in reference to the Kawas Sea (Casamiquela, 1978), an inland sea of northern Patagonia resulting from the first Atlantic transgression during the Late CretaceouseDanian.
Full reference: E. I. Vera, V. S. Perez Loinaze, M. Llorens and M. G. Passalia. 2020. The fossil genus Aextoxicoxylon (Magnoliopsida) in the Upper Cretaceous Puntudo Chico Formation, Chubut Province, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 107(78):104315
Belongs to Aextoxicoxylon according to E. I. Vera et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPEF-PB 9911, a wood. Its type locality is Estancia María de las Nieves, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the Puntudo Chico Formation of Argentina.
Distribution: found only at Estancia María de las Nieves
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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