Milicioxylon kachchhense

Name

Milicioxylon kachchhense

Rank

Species

Original spelling

kachchhensis

Generic Name

[Genus] Milicioxylon

Authors (Pub.)

Shukla A. Mehrotra R. C. Guleria J. S.  

Publication

African elements (fossil woods) from the Upper Cenozoic sediments of western India and their palaeoecological and phytogeographical significance [2012/8]

Journal

Alcheringa

Volume

37

Issue

1

Page number

12

Year

2012

Fossil Status

stems (wood)

Stratigraphy

Pliocene

Strat. comment

Kankawati Series

Location

Dhaneti, Kachchh District, Gujarat, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

BSIP 39960

Num

Fig. 8A, C, E, G, H

Pub.

African elements (fossil woods) from the Upper Cenozoic sediments of western India and their palaeoecological and phytogeographical significance [2012/8]

Diagnosis

Milicioxylon species with heavily tylosed, small to medium-sized, locally large vessels, tangential diameter 80–235 μm, radial diameter 120–350. Axial parenchyma bands locally bifurcate and joining adjacent vessels. Rays 5–30 cells or 140–750 μm high and 20–41 μm wide.