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Mammea martinezii
Mammea martinezii Mejia-Roldan, Rodr.-Reyes, Estrada-Ruiz in Mejia-Roldan, Rodr.-Reyes, Gonz.-Barba, Schwennicke, Estrada-Ruiz I.A.W.A. J., 2025, (10.1163/22941932-bja10205): 3. 26 Nov 2025
- Name
- Mammea martinezii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Mammea
- Authors (Name)
- Mejia-Roldan A. J.
Rodríguez-Reyes O.
Estrada-Ruiz E.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Mejia-Roldan A. J.
Rodríguez-Reyes O.
González-Barba G.
Schwennicke T.
Estrada-Ruiz E.
- Publication
- A new fossil wood of Calophyllaceae from the Tepetate Formation
(Eocene, Bartonian), Baja California Sur, Mexico [2025/11]
- Journal
- IAWA Journal
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2025
- Issue
- 10.1163/22941932-bja10205
- Page number
- 3
- Year
- 2025
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Bartonian
- Strat. comment
- Tepetate Formation
- Location
- southern part of the Baja California Peninsula, approximately 70 km west of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Colección de Paleontología del Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, México
- Repository Number
- MHN-UABCS 10
- Diagnosis
- Growth rings distinct, marked by slight change in the fibre cells size; vessels mostly solitary with occasional short radial multiples; intervessel pitting alternate; vessel-ray parenchyma pits with reduced borders and round to elliptical shape; vasicentric tracheids; septate fibers, 2–3 septa per fiber; axial parenchyma scanty paratracheal to vasicentric present; heterocellular rays with bodies composed of procumbent cells, usually with one marginal row of erect or square cells; radial canals over 200 μm in diameter, usually one per ray, located in the center of the rays.
