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Microlobiusxylon paranaense
Microlobiusxylon paranaense M.J. Franco, Brea Rev. Brasil. Paleontol., 13(2): 104. 25 Aug 2010
- Name
- Microlobiusxylon paranaense
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- paranaensis
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Microlobiusxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Franco M. J.
Brea M.
- Publication
- Microlobiusxylon paranaensis gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Fabaceae-Mimosoideae) from the Pliocene-Pleistocene of Ituzaingó Formation, Paraná Basin, Argentina [2010/8]
- Journal
- Revista brasileira de paleontologia
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 104
- Year
- 2010
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Microlobiusxylon
- Fossil Status
- wood
- Stratigraphy
- Pliocene
- Strat. comment
- Pleistocene? [Ituzaingó Formation]
- Location
- Toma Vieja, Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina
- Paleoregion
- America (South)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository Number
- CIDPALBO 25, CIDPALBOmic 675
- Diagnosis
- Diffuse porosity; growth rings weakly delimited; vessels mostly solitary, in radial multiples of 2-3 and rarely in clusters, narrow, <30 per mm2 ; perforation plates exclusively simple; intervessel pits minute-small, bordered, alternate, rounded and vestured; axial parenchyma very abundant, vasicentric to aliform and confluent; parenchyma strand, 4-5 cells per parenchyma strand, rays homocellular composed of procumbent cells, commonly 1-2 cells wide, numerous (6-10 rays/mm) and small; non-septate fibers oval to polygonal in outline and form the ground mass. Crystals present in chambered axial parenchyma cells.
