Cordioxylon prototrichotoma Brea and Zucol 2006 (borage)

Angiospermae - Boraginales - Boraginaceae

Full reference: M. Brea and A. F. Zucol. 2006. Leños fósiles de Boraginaceae de la Formación Peñas Coloradas (Paleoceno superior), Puerto Visser, Chubut, Argentina. Ameghiniana 43(1):139-146

Belongs to Cordioxylon according to E. Stiles et al. 2020

See also Brea and Zucol 2006

Sister taxon: Cordioxylon multiseriatum

Type specimen: LPPB 11278, pmLPPB 1694, 1695, 1696., a wood. Its type locality is Puerto Visser, which is in a Danian terrestrial sandstone/sandstone in the Peñas Coloradas Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Average measurements (in mm): Fibers diameter 0.014, Pores diameter 0.135, Punteadura intervascular diameter 0.004

Distribution: found only at Puerto Visser

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