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Sladenioxylon africanum
Sladenioxylon africanum Giraud, Bussert, E. Schrank Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 75(3-4): 291. 24 Dec 1992
- Name
- Sladenioxylon africanum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Sladenioxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Giraud B.
Bussert R.
Schrank E.
- Publication
- A new theacean wood from the Cretaceous of northern Sudan [1992/12]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 3-4
- Page number
- 291
- Year
- 1992
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Albian
- Strat. comment
- Cenomanian
- Location
- Wadi Awatib near Naqa, about 45 km SSW of Shendi, northern Sudan
- Paleoregion
- Africa (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Repository Number
- TU Berlin catalogue N ° B 1069 (=Pf
12/87.2)
- Diagnosis
- Vessels in radial multiples; tangential diameter
40-128 lain; scalariform perforations (10-20 bars);
scanty apotracheal parenchyma; heterogeneous
rays, non-storied; medium thick-walled fibres.
