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Palmoxylon lametae
Palmoxylon lametae D. Dutta, Ambw., Estrada-Ruiz Rev. Mex. Cie. Geol., 28(1): 3. Apr 2011
- Name
- Palmoxylon lametae
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- lametaei
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Palmoxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Dutta D.
Ambwani K.
Estrada-Ruiz E.
- Publication
- Late Cretaceous palm stem Palmoxylon lametaei sp. nov. from Bhisi Village, Maharashtra, India [2011/4]
- Journal
- Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 3
- Year
- 2011
- Fossil Status
- wood (stems)
- Stratigraphy
- Maastrichtian
- Location
- Bhisi village, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- B.S.I.P. slides 13391 & 13392
- Diagnosis
- Fossil palm stem divisible in dermal, sub-dermal and central lacunar zones, covered with outermost cortex with roots; stem measures 8 cm high and 6 cm wide, fibrovascular bundles with single metaxylem vessel and prominent dorsal sclerenchymatous sheath present; shape generally reniform sometimes lunate. The size of the fibrovascular bundles ranges from 700 to 1600 µm, the fibrovascular ratio ranges 1/3-3/4 and the frequency ranges from 15 to 25 per cm2 . Fibrous and diminutive bundles are present throughout the length of the stem. Ground tissue becomes lacunar towards inner part of the stem. Scabrate type stegmata are present in the fibrous sheath of the bundles.
