About the Authors
- María A. Gandolfo
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Contributed equally to this work with: María A. Gandolfo, Elizabeth J. Hermsen
* E-mail: mag4@cornell.edu
Affiliation L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Elizabeth J. Hermsen
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Contributed equally to this work with: María A. Gandolfo, Elizabeth J. Hermsen
Affiliation L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- María C. Zamaloa
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Affiliation Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Kevin C. Nixon
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Affiliation L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Cynthia C. González
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Affiliation Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
- Peter Wilf
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Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- N. Rubén Cúneo
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Affiliation Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Trelew, Chubut, Argentina
- Kirk R. Johnson
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Affiliation Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Collected and identified specimens from field localities: MAG EJH MCZ PW NRC CCG KRJ. Drafted the original text of the manuscript and developed and scored the morphological matrix: MAG EJH. Examined and prepared the description of the specimens: MAG MCZ. Modified the molecular sequence dataset: EJH. Performed phylogenetic analyses and contributed text to the methods sections pertaining to the analyses: KCN. Photographed specimens: MAG EJH CCG. Contributed text on the biogeographical and ecological interpretations of the Laguna del Hunco flora: PW. All authors commented on and approved this version of the manuscript.