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Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae
Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae Pujana, Santill., Marenssi Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 2014, 200: 124. 20 Sep 2013
- Name
- Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Protophyllocladoxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Pujana R. R.
Santillana S. N.
Marenssi S. A.
- Publication
- Conifer fossil woods from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene of Western Antarctica): Evidence of Podocarpaceae-dominated forests [2013/9]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2014
- Volume
- 200
- Page number
- 124
- Year
- 2013
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Protophyllocladoxylon
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Location
- Seymour Island, Antarctica
- Paleoregion
- Antarctica
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Repository Number
- BA Pb 14416
- Diagnosis
- Growth ring boundaries distinct. Tracheid radial pitting mixed, predominantly alternate and contiguous (araucarian), uni and biseriate, rarely triseriate. Cross-fields with one or two oopores, horizontally elongated and contiguous in a row when two are present. Rays uniseriate, medium. Axial parenchyma absent.
