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Spiroplatanoxylon gregussii
Spiroplatanoxylon gregussii Süss Feddes Repert., 118(1-2): 6. May 2007
- Name
- Spiroplatanoxylon gregussii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Spiroplatanoxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Süss H.
- Publication
- Holzfossilien der Morphogattung Spiroplatanoxylon gen. nov. aus dem Tertiär von Europa und Vorderasien [2007/5]
- Journal
- Feddes Repertorium
- Volume
- 118
- Issue
- 1-2
- Page number
- 6
- Year
- 2007
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Burdigalian
- Location
- Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Europe)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Institut für Geophysik und Geologie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Repository Number
- Verkieseltes Holzfossil Nr. 56 with Slide Nr. 333
- Diagnosis
- Secondary xylem of the morphogenus Spiroplatanoxylon
gen. nov. with a wood structure
of stem, growth zones indistinct, diffuseporous,
60 vessels per mm2, portion of vessels
on wood quantity ca. 30 % (entree rays), vessels
mostly solitary, radial diameter on an average
of 120 μm, tangential diameter on an average
of 80 μm, walls with helical thickenings,
perforations scalariform, up to 26 bars, fibres
with small bordered pits, axial parenchyma
paratracheal diffuse, chambered crystalliferous
cells and crystalidioblasts present, rays very
high and up to 425 μm wide, middle cells on an
average of 38 μm high.
