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Araucariopitys antarctica

Araucariopitys antarctica I. Poole, Cantrill Palaeontology, 44(6): 1086. Nov 2001
Name
Araucariopitys antarctica
Rank
Species
Original spelling
antarcticus
Generic Name
[Genus] Araucariopitys
Authors (Pub.)
Poole I. Cantrill D. J.  
Publication
Fossil woods from Williams Point Beds, Livingston Island, Antarctica: A Late Cretaceous Southern High Latitude Flora [2001/11]
Journal
Palaeontology
Volume
44
Issue
6
Page number
1086
Year
2001
Fossil Status
stems (wood)
Stratigraphy
Cenomanian
Location
Williams Point, Livingston Island, Antarctica
Paleoregion
Antarctica
Data for Holotypus
Repository
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K.
Repository Number
P. 1806.9
Diagnosis
Secondary wood with predominantly uniseriate pitting. Biseriate pitting, alternate, closepacked, pits circular to hexagonal and con®ned to the ends of tracheids. Cross-®elds characterized by 2±9 pits (mode 6, mean 5´8). Rays short, uniseriate, 1±14 (mode 4; mean 4´65) cells tall.
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