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Myrceugenelloxylon antarcticum
Myrceugenelloxylon antarcticum I. Poole, R.J. Hunt, Cantrill Ann. Bot. (Oxford), 88(1): 44. Jul 2001
- Name
- Myrceugenelloxylon antarcticum
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- antarcticus
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Myrceugenelloxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Poole I.
Hunt R. J.
Cantrill D. J.
- Publication
- A fossil wood flora from King George Island: ecological implications for an Antarctic Eocene vegetation [2001/7]
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 44
- Year
- 2001
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Fildes Formation / 49±43 Ma
- Location
- Collins Glacier Flora, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica
- Paleoregion
- Antarctica
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K.
- Repository Number
- P. 3023.4
- Diagnosis
- Vessels abundant, mainly solitary, paired, rarely grouped; mean element length approx. 715 mm. Perforations scalariform with numerous bars.
Intervessel and vessel ray pitting opposite to scalariform. Rays biseriate with uniseriate wings almost as wide as the biseriate body; heterocellular, composed of procumbent body cells and up to six rows of upright marginal cells; up to 500 mm in height; sometimes two or three rays fused axially.
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