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Taeniopitys tocantinensis
Taeniopitys tocantinensis Kurzawe, Merlotti, Iannuzzi in Kurzawe, Iannuzzi, Merlotti, Rohn Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 195: 59. 9 Jan 2013
- Name
- Taeniopitys tocantinensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Taeniopitys
- Authors (Name)
- Kurzawe F.
Merlotti S.
Iannuzzi R.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Kurzawe F.
Iannuzzi R.
Merlotti S.
Rohn R.
- Publication
- New gymnospermous woods from the Permian of the Parnaíba Basin, Northeastern Brazil, Part II [2013/1]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 195
- Page number
- 59
- Year
- 2013
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Permian
- Strat. comment
- Lower Motuca Formation
- Location
- Peba Farm, Filadélfia, Tocantins, Brazil
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (S America)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Institute of Geoscience, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Repository Number
- MP–Pb 5044, slides MP–Pb 5044 01–03
- Diagnosis
- Medium pith, solid and heterocellular, with ducts. Primary
xylem endarch and mesarch. Secondary xylem homoxylic, with growth
rings. Araucarian radial pitting, uniseriate to triseriate. Xylem rays generally
uniseriate, rarely partly biseriate, medium (1–12 cells high).
Araucarioid cross-fields showing 2–5 unordered oculipores. Tangential
pitting on the tracheids present.
