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Cupressinoxylon rotundum
Cupressinoxylon rotundum Pujana in Pujana, Raffi, Olivero Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 77: 35. 28 Apr 2017
- Name
- Cupressinoxylon rotundum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Cupressinoxylon
- Authors (Name)
- Pujana R. R.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Pujana R. R.
Raffi M. E.
Olivero E. B.
- Publication
- Conifer fossil woods from the Santa Marta Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Brandy Bay, James Ross Island, Antarctica [2017/4]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 77
- Page number
- 35
- Year
- 2017
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Upper Cretaceous
- Location
- Brandy Bay, James Ross Island, Antarctica
- Paleoregion
- Antarctica
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Repository Number
- BA Pb 16528
- Diagnosis
- Growth ring boundaries distinct. Tracheids squarish. Tracheid pitting uniseriate or biseriate, abietinean, mostly spaced but sometimes contiguous. Cross-fields with 1e4 cupressoid pits, mostly 2 pits in a horizontal line. Cross-field pits with included circular aperture. Tangential pits present. Axial parenchyma with smooth transverse walls. Rays uniseriate, rarely with biseriate portions, low, usually 2-12 cells high.
