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Astroniumxylon parabalansae

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Anacardiaceae

Taxonomy
Astroniumxylon parabalansae was named by Franco and Brea (2008). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is PALBO 24. PALBOmic 594, a plant debris (log), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nivel Fosilifero 1, Toma Vieja, Paraná, which is in a Miocene terrestrial siltstone in the Paraná Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Astroniumxylon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Astroniumxylon parabalansae Franco and Brea

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Malvids
orderSapindales
familyAnacardiaceae
genusAstroniumxylonBrea et al. 2001
speciesparabalansae

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.

†Astroniumxylon parabalansae Franco and Brea 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. J. Franco and M. Brea 2008Dycotiledonous fossil wood. Diffuse porosity. Vessels in diagonal pattern or with tendency to this one. Solitary and radial multiples of 2-5. Vessels scarce small to medium sized. Vessels with tyloses. Intervessel pits alternate, bordered and small. Rays thin and wide, uniseriate and multiseriate of 4-5 cells. Rays multiseriate with or without schizogenous channels. Radial system heterogenous. Rays numerosous, heterocellular with body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright marginal cells. Fibers with hexagonal or rounded section, irregular arrangement, abundant, and thick-walled. Axial parenchyma apotracheal and paratracheal vasicentric, complete and incomplete.
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: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Argentina (Entre Ríos) Astroniumxylon parabalansae (type locality: 136133)