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Carlquistoxylon
Genus Carlquistoxylon E.A. Wheeler, McClamm., LaPasha I.A.W.A. J., 16(3): 247. Jan 1995
- Name
- Carlquistoxylon
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wheeler E. A.
McClammer J. U.
LaPasha C. A.
- Publication
- Similarities and differences in dicotyledonous woods of the Cretaceous and Paleocene of San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA [1995/1]
- Journal
- IAWA Journal
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 247
- Year
- 1995
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Magnoliopsida
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Type
- Carlquistoxylon nacimientense
- Diagnosis
- Wood diffuse-porous. Vessels solitary and in radial multiples of 2 or 3; mean tangential diameter between 50 and 150 um; fewer than 40 per sq.mm; perforations exclusively simple, mean vessel element length between 500 and 800 um; intervessel pitting crowded alternate; vessel-parenchyma pits with reduced borders; parenchyma rare, if present, scanty paratracheal; fibers non-septate and pits not obvious; rays narrow less than 4 cells wide; uniseriate rays rare.
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