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Winteroxylon jamesrossi
Winteroxylon jamesrossi I. Poole, J.E. Francis Ann. Bot. (Oxford), 85(3): 308. Mar 2000
- Name
- Winteroxylon jamesrossi
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Winteroxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Poole I.
Francis J. E.
- Publication
- The first record of fossil wood of Winteraceae from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica [2000/3]
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 308
- Year
- 2000
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Santonian
- Strat. comment
- Santa Marta Formation, mid±late Santonian to early Campanian
- Location
- east side of Lachman Crags, James Ross Island, Antarctica (63851.50S, 578480W)
- Paleoregion
- Antarctica
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, U.K.
- Repository Number
- DJ. 141.2
- Diagnosis
- Indistinct growth rings marked only by a decrease in
radial tracheid diameter and cell wall thickness. Axial
parenchyma predominantly diffuse. Tracheids thin-walled
with circular bordered pits, radially elongate pits and
scalariform-type pits mainly on overlapping areas. Rays
predominantly multiseriate up to 13 cells wide, uniseriate,
heterocellular and non-storied.
