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Crudioxylon brasiliense
Crudioxylon brasiliense A. Selm. Zitteliana, Ser. A, 44: 120. 30 Dec 2004
- Name
- Crudioxylon brasiliense
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Crudioxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Selmeier A.
- Publication
- First record of Matisia (Bombacaceae) and Crudia (Caesalpiniaceae) wood from the Tertiary of Rio Paranaiba, Brazil [2004/12]
- Journal
- Zitteliana
- Volume
- 44
- Page number
- 120
- Year
- 2004
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Crudioxylon
- Fossil Status
- wood
- Strat. comment
- Tertiary
- Location
- Upper to middle reaches of Rio Paranaiba, southeastern part of the state of Maranhao, Brazil
- Paleoregion
- America (South)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany
- Repository Number
- BSP 1964 XXV 37
- Diagnosis
- Growth rings indistinct; vessels diffuse porous, solitary or in short radial rows, tangential diameter range from 42 to 122, mean element length 168 µm, perforation plates simple, intervessel pits small and alternate; fi bres non-septate; axial parenchyma banded, wavy and conspicuous, up to 4 cells wide; rays uniseriate, homocellular, sometime heterocellular (KRIBS-type III), mean ray heigth 348 µm, 16-21 rays per mm; storied structure absent.
