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Patagonoxylon

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Taxonomy

Species
P. scalariforme (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Patagonoxylon Ruiz et al.
2020Patagonoxylon Stiles et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Magnoliid
orderLauralesJussieu 1820
familyLauraceaeJussieu 1789
genusPatagonoxylon

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Patagonoxylon Ruiz et al. 2020
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Patagonoxylon scalariforme Ruiz et al. 2020
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. P. Ruiz et al. 2020Diffuse-porous wood. Vessels solitary and in radial multiples. Scalariform perforation plates. Opposite intervessel pits. Scanty paratracheal and diffuse axial parenchyma. Fibers with distinctly bordered pits. Homocellular and heterocellular rays, multiseriate. Scalariform vessel-ray pits. Idioblasts in rays.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) P. scalariforme (241393)