Chimairoidoxylon lesboense

Name

Chimairoidoxylon lesboense

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Chimairoidoxylon

Authors (Pub.)

Süss H. Velitzelos E.  

Publication

Chimairoidoxylon lesboense gen. nov. sp. nova, ein endemisches Holzfossil aus dem Tertiär von Lesbos, Griechenland [1999/9]

Journal

Feddes Repertorium

Volume

110

Issue

5-6

Page number

331, 334

Year

1999

Fossil Status

stems (wood)

Stratigraphy

Miocene

Location

Megalonissi, Lesbos Island, Greece

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Europe)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Athens University, Athens, Greece

Repository Number

Lesbos 153-N2, with 6 Slides

Num

text-fig. 2, 3; Taf. I, Fig. 1-5; Taf. II, Fig. 1-

Pub.

Chimairoidoxylon lesboense gen. nov. sp. nova, ein endemisches Holzfossil aus dem Tertiär von Lesbos, Griechenland [1999/9]

Diagnosis

Secondary xylem of the genus Chimairoidoqion SUSS& VELITZELOwS ith stem-, branch- and root wood structure, growth layers in stem- and branch wood distinct, in root wood indistinct, tracheids with scalariform thickenings, radial walls between thickenings entirely occupied with one to four oppositely arranged bordered pits, in stem- and wood root bordered pits round, in reaction wood of the branch bordered pits with irregular forms in cross-section, axialparenchyma sparcely scattered, rays unisenate and partial biseriate, in stem mostly 2-14, in branch mostly 2- 12, in root mostly 1-4 cells high, intercellular spaces between tracheid walls and ray cells, horizontal walls smooth, 2-4 small taxodioide pits in the cross-field, ray tracheids and resin channels absent.