Bridelioxylon americanum Petriella 1972 (spurge)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Full reference: B. Petriella. 1972. Estudio de Maderas Petrificadas del Terciario Inferior del Área Central de Chubut (Cerro Bororó). Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nueva serie), Sección Paleontología 6(41):159-254

Belongs to Bridelioxylon according to B. Petriella 1972

Sister taxa: Bridelioxylon cuddalorense, Bridelioxylon kraeuselii, Bridelioxylon krauselii, Bridelioxylon miocenicum, Bridelioxylon mohgaonsis

Type specimen: Holotype: LP-PB 9070, a wood. Its type locality is Puesto Fernández - wood, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial sandstone in the Bororó Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Puesto Fernández - wood

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