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Dryobalanoxylon neyveliense
Dryobalanoxylon neyveliense Kumaras., Elay. J. Environm. Earth Sci., 6(4): 86. 30 Apr 2016
- Name
- Dryobalanoxylon neyveliense
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- neyveliensis
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Dryobalanoxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Kumarasamy D.
Elayaraja M.
- Publication
- A new species of Dryobalanoxylon Den Berger from the Neyveli
Lignite Formation, Tamil Nadu, India [2016/4]
- Journal
- Journal of Environment and Earth Science
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 86
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Neyveli Lignite Formation
- Location
- Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation Museum, Neyveli, India
- Repository Number
- NY.1
- Diagnosis
- Wood diffuse porous, vessel almost exclusively solitary, vasicentric tracheid present; parenchyma paratracheal
and apotracheal; paratracheal parenchyma vasicentric; apotracheal parenchyma associated with concentric rings
of axial gum canals and also found in diffused state; rays 2-3-seriate, 10-12 per sq mm, ray tissue homogeneous,
heterocellular up to 66 cells high; fibre trachids non-septate, thick walled; gum canals vertical, arranged in
tangential rows, seemingly circular, 60-110 μm in diameter.
