Dadoxylon bindrabunense S.C.D.Sah et K.P.Jain

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000234

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:234

Rank: species

Reference: Sah, S. C. D. & Jain, K. P. (1964): Some fossil woods from the Jurassic of Rajmahal Hills, Bihar, India. – The Palaeobotanist 12(2): 169–180 + 3 pls., link

Page of description: 174

Illustrations or figures: pl. 2, figs 12–14, pl. 3, fig. 22

Types

Holotype 3656, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Figures: pl. 2, figs 12–14, pl. 3, fig. 22

Note: Holotype characteristic: Only secondary wood preserved, measuring 8 × 18 cm in size.

Original diagnosis/description

Decorticated secondary wood, growth rings indistinct, only radial walls of the tracheids pitted. Pits mostly bi- to tri-seriate, (very rarely uniseriate), contiguous, alternate and hexagonal. Cross-field pits 4-12, bordered, oval or rounded, apertures almost as large as the border. Medullary rays simple, 1-45 cells high (average 25 cells), uniseriate. No xylem parenchyma or resin tracheids.

Stratigraphy

Jurassic
Rajmahal Stage

Locality

India
Bindrabun, 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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