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Matisianoxylon brasiliense
Matisianoxylon brasiliense A. Selm. Zitteliana, Ser. A, 44: 114. 30 Dec 2004
- Name
- Matisianoxylon brasiliense
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Matisianoxylon
- 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
- 114
- Year
- 2004
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Matisianoxylon
- 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 40
- Diagnosis
- Growth rings indistinct; vessels diffuse-porous, evenly distributed, exclusively solitary (100%), small and large vessels next to each other, range of tangential diameter 68-390 (mean 208) µm, simple perforation, intervascular pits alternate, 2-5 solitary vessels per square mm; fi bres non-septate, fi bre-tracheids with bordered pits; axial parenchyma banded and fi nely reticulate forming short discontinuous tangential lines; rays of two sizes, uniseriate rays with upright cells, large rays up to 25 cells wide, height up to 10 mm, partly with elongated margins and tile cells of the intermediate type.
