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Bridelioxylon americanum
Taxonomy
Bridelioxylon americanum was named by Petriella (1972). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: LP-PB 9070, a wood, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Fernández - wood, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial sandstone in the Bororó Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1972 | Bridelioxylon americanum Petriella p. 211 figs. Lám. V G-I; fig. 5 C-D |
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†Bridelioxylon americanum Petriella 1972
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Petriella 1972 | Vasos moderadamente numerosos, poros radiales múltiples de 2-4 células y solitarios; diámetro tangencial mediano; elementos vasculares cortos, perforación simple, punteaduras intervasculares alternas, ornadas. Parénquima escasamente paratraqueal y difuso. Radios 3-4 seriados, ligeramente heterogéneos. Fibras libriformes?, septadas. |
Measurements
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Age range: Early/Lower Paleocene or 66.00000 to 61.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Paleocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Bridelioxylon americanum (type locality: 169852) |