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Palmoxylon kikaapoa
Palmoxylon kikaapoa Sainz-Res., Estrada-Ruiz, Mateo-Cid, Porras-Múzq. Revista Mex. Biodivers., 86(4): 875. Dec 2015
- Name
- Palmoxylon kikaapoa
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Palmoxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Sainz-Resendiz B. A.
Estrada-Ruiz E.
Mateo-Cid L. E.
Porras-Múzquiz H.
- Publication
- Primer registro de un estípite de Coryphoideae: Palmoxylon kikaapoa de la Formación Olmos del Cretácico Superior, Coahuila, México [2015/12]
- Journal
- Revista mexicana de biodiversidad
- Volume
- 86
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 875
- Year
- 2015
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Campanian
- Strat. comment
- Olmos Formation
- Location
- Rancho Atascoso, municipio de Múzquiz, Coahuila, México
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museo de Múzquiz, Colección de Paleontología, Múzquiz-Melchor, México
- Repository Number
- MUZ-1336
- Diagnosis
- Distal portion of the stem with atactostele. Simple vascular bundles randomly arranged, reniform and keel-shaped; each vascular bundle with 1 to 4 metaxylem vessels with scalariform perforation plates and scalariform to opposite pits; 1 to 5 protoxylem cells with simple perforation plates; paravascular parenchyma developed; phloem in a single set; tabular parenchyma with 2-8 layers of elongated cells in cross-section; type A aerenchyma in ground tissue; numerous fiber bundles in ground tissue; spherical stegmata in discontinuous rows.
