Laurinoxylon americanum Petriella 1972 (laurel)

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Alternative combination: Bridelioxylon americanum

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 Laurinoxylon according to D. P. Ruiz et al. 2025

See also Petriella 1972

Sister taxa: Laurinoxylon aromaticum, Laurinoxylon brandonianum, Laurinoxylon branneri, Laurinoxylon deccanense, Laurinoxylon deccanensis, Laurinoxylon deomaliensis, Laurinoxylon diluviale, Laurinoxylon lesquereuxiana, Laurinoxylon namsangensis, Laurinoxylon pulchrum, Laurinoxylon tertiarum, Laurinoxylon varkalaensis

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

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Puesto Fernández - NF Angiosperms

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