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Longexylon
Genus Longexylon Pujana, Santelli, Alvarez, Raffi, Santill. Cretac. Res., 174: 3. 2025
- Name
- Longexylon
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Pujana R. R.
Santelli
Alvarez
Raffi M. E.
Santillana S. N.
- Publication
- Angiosperm fossil woods, Cryptocaryeae (Lauraceae) and Cunoniaceae, with marine borers from Day Nunatak, Western Antarctica (Snow Hill Island Formation, Upper Cretaceous) [2025]
- Journal
- Cretaceous Research
- Volume
- 174
- Page number
- 3
- Year
- 2025
- Parent Taxon
- [Family] Lauraceae
- Fossil Status
- wood
- Diagnosis
- Vessels mostly 100--200 mm wide. Paratracheal axial
parenchyma vasicentric to scanty paratracheal. Intervessel and
vessel-axial parenchyma pits alternate. Vessel-ray pits circular to
elliptical. Rays usually with one row of upright cells and usually
1e4-seriate. Fibers nonseptate.
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