Dadoxylon agathioides Kräusel et K.P.Jain

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000199

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:199

Authors: R. O. K. Kräusel & K. P. Jain

Rank: species

Reference: Kräusel, R. O. K. & Jain, K. P. (1964): New fossil coniferous woods from the Rajmahal Hills, Bihar, India. – The Palaeobotanist 12(1): 59–67., link

Page of description: 50

Illustrations or figures: pl. 1, figs 1-6, pl. 3, figs 14, 15, text-figs 1-4

Other combinations

Agathoxylon agathioides (Kräusel et K.P.Jain) Kloster et Gnaed. 2018

Types

Holotype 24288/255, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Note: Holotype characteristic: Decorticated secondary wood, measuring 7 cm × 3 cm in size.

Original diagnosis/description

Growth rings present but indistinct, pits only on the radial walls, arranged in groups over short distances, one to several, alternate, contiguous, hexagonal, with cross-shaped aperture. Resinous tracheids abundant, no xylem parenchyma. Medullary rays simple, uniseriate, 2-20 cells high. Cross-field pits 2-8 per field, more or less round, with elliptical aperture.

Stratigraphy

Jurassic
Rajmahal Stage

Locality

India
Mandro, Rajmahal Hills, Bihar

Plant fossil remain

fossil wood

Notes

The year 1963 is stated as a year of publication on the journal web site but Kloster and Gnaedinger (2018: Journal of Paleontology 92(4): 546–567) give year 1964.

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