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Myrceugenellites grandiporosum

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae

Taxonomy
Myrceugenellites grandiporosum was named by Ruiz et al. (2020). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Estancia Las Violetas - L3, which is in a Danian terrestrial sandstone in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Myrceugenellites grandiporosum Ruiz et al.
2020Myrceugenellites grandiporosum Ruiz et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyMyrtaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusMyrceugenellitesRuiz et al. 2020
speciesgrandiporosumRuiz et al. 2020

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.

Myrceugenellites grandiporosum Ruiz et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. P. Ruiz et al. 2020Secondary xylem with indistinct growth ring boundaries. Vessel diameters medium (-wide), exclusively solitary (90% or more). Less than 50 vessels per mm2. Vessel elements length>800 μm. Perforation plates scalariform with numerous bars (> 20). Intervessel pits scalariform to opposite. Vessel-ray pits bordered, circular and opposite. Diffuse and scanty paratracheal axial parenchyma. Nonseptate fibres with distinctly bordered pits. Rays uniseriate or uniseriate with bi-triseriate portions almost the same width than the uniseriate parts.
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) Myrceugenellites grandiporosum (type locality: 241393)