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Antarctoxylon juglandoides
Antarctoxylon juglandoides I. Poole, Mennega, Cantrill Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 124(1–2): 21. Apr 2003
- Name
- Antarctoxylon juglandoides
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Antarctoxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Poole I.
Mennega A. M. W.
Cantrill D. J.
- Publication
- Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood [2003/4]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 124
- Issue
- 1–2
- Page number
- 21
- Year
- 2003
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Danian
- Strat. comment
- López de Bertodano Formation
- Location
- Seymour Island, Antarctica
- Paleoregion
- Antarctica
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K.
- Repository Number
- DJ. 1030.1
- Diagnosis
- Fossil wood with distinct
growth rings. Diffuse porous. Vessels small, clustered
into groups of 3-6, rarely solitary and
paired. Perforation plates simple. Intervessel pits
alternate. Rays heterocellular predominantly 2-5
cells wide and 61 mm in height; rarely uniseriate
and 60.5 mm in height. Fibres non-septate.
