New Argentine fossils uncover history of celebrated conifer group
(WorldNews Argentina)

Research News Related Norfolk Island pine is a popular houseplant still growing today Araucaria heterophylla foliage from a mature tree in Auckland, New Zealand. June 23, 2020 Newly unearthed, well-preserved conifer fossils from Patagonia, Argentina, show that an endangered and celebrated group of tropical West Pacific trees has roots in the ancient supercontinent that once comprised Australia, Antarctica and South America, according to an international team of researchers. `The Araucaria genus, which includes the...