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Antarctoxylon

Genus Antarctoxylon I. Poole, Cantrill Palaeontology, 44(6): 1100. Nov 2001
Name
Antarctoxylon
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Poole I. Cantrill D. J.  
Publication
Fossil woods from Williams Point Beds, Livingston Island, Antarctica: A Late Cretaceous Southern High Latitude Flora [2001/11]
Journal
Palaeontology
Volume
44
Issue
6
Page number
1100
Year
2001
Parent Taxon
[Class] Magnoliopsida
Fossil Status
stems (wood)
Type
Antarctoxylon livingstonense
Diagnosis
Xylem of dicotyledonous angiosperm. Growth rings absent or indistinct. Wood diffuse to semi-ring porous. Vessels solitary and/or grouped. Perforation plates simple and/or scalariform. Rays heterocellular, mainly multiseriate. Parenchyma diffuse.

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