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Palmoxylon enochii
Palmoxylon enochii Estrada-Ruiz, Cev.-Ferriz Ameghiniana, 46(4): 579. Oct - Dec 2009
- Name
- Palmoxylon enochii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Palmoxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Estrada-Ruiz E.
Cevallos-Ferriz S. R. S.
- Publication
- Palmoxylon enochii sp. nov. de la Formación Olmos (Campaniano superior-Maastrichtiano inferior), Coahuila, México [2009/10-12]
- Journal
- Ameghiniana
- Volume
- 46
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 579
- Year
- 2009
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Campanian
- Strat. comment
- Olmos Formation
- Location
- Rancho Atascoso, 6 km NE Melchor Múzquiz, Municipio de Múzquiz, Coahuila, México [N 27° 53´ 35.7” y W 101° 34´ 30”]
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, México, México
- Repository Number
- IGM-PB 1289 (stem), IGM-LPB 4594-4607 (sections)
- Diagnosis
- Trunk composed of fundamental tissue and radially arranged vascular bundles; fundamental tissue with tubular cells that are isodiametric in transverse section, thin walled cells, branching and fusing forming wellmarked intercellular spaces; vascular bundles reniform shaped in cross section, surrounded by three to four layers of rectangular, elongated, thin wall cells; vascular bundles have a fibrous cap, composed by thick–walled cells, some with black contents, each vascular bundles with 2 to 3 metaxylem vessels with simple perforation plates and opposite pits, and 3 to 9 protoxylem cells.
