Pinuxylon alonissianum

Name

Pinuxylon alonissianum

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Pinuxylon

Authors (Name)

Mantzouka D. Sakala J.  

Authors (Pub.)

Mantzouka D. Sakala J. Kvaček Z. Koskeridou E. Ioakim C.  

Publication

Two fossil conifer species from the Neogene of Alonissos Island (Iliodroma, Greece) [2019/2]

Journal

Geodiversitas

Volume

41

Issue

3

Page number

132

Year

2019

Fossil Status

stems (wood)

Stratigraphy

Burdigalian

Location

Votsi, Central Alonissos Island, Greece

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Europe)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Athens University, Athens, Greece

Repository Number

DMALNS6

Num

Figs 3D; 5A-O

Pub.

Two fossil conifer species from the Neogene of Alonissos Island (Iliodroma, Greece) [2019/2]

Diagnosis

Coniferous wood with distinct growth ring boundaries, gradual transition from early to latewood, thin walled latewood tracheids, axial and radial resin canals (mainly at the latewood), thin-walled epithelial cells, bordered pits in radial walls with welldefined disc-shaped torus, no axial parenchyma observed, rays: exclusively uniseriate, fusiform rays with average height of rays 4-12 (-20) cells, tracheid pits uniseriate, ray tracheids present with up to four rows of cells, cell walls of ray tracheids smooth and occasionally slightly dentate, ray tracheid pit borders with dentate thickenings, horizontal and end walls of ray parenchyma cells smooth, no indentures observed, cross-field pitting pinoid in1-2 rows of 1-2 (-6) pits per cross-field.