Prunoidoxylon aytugii Ü. Akkemik in Akkemik, Akkılıç & Güngör

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN000546

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:546

Author: Ü. Akkemik (as Ü. Akkemik)

Rank: species

Reference: Akkemik, Ü., Akkılıç, H. & Güngör, Y. (2019): Fossil wood from the Neogene of the Kilyos coastal area in Istanbul, Turkey. – Palaeontographica, Abt. B 299(1–6): 133–185.

Page of description: 151

Illustrations or figures: text-fig. 4, pl. 12

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Wood diffuse to semi-ring porous, vessel frequency 40–100 per mm2, vessel angular, rounded, solitary and mostly in radial multiples, perforation plate simple, rays clearly in two distinct sizes. Broad rays 4–10 seriate and >1 mm in length, narrow rays 1–3 seriate, rays heterocellular with body ray cells procumbent with one to four or more rows of upright and/or square marginal cells, and rays mostly irregular in shape.

Etymology

The epithet aytugii is given in honour to Prof. Dr. Burhan Aytug, who was one of the pioneer palaeobotanists working on fossil woods in Turkey.

Stratigraphy

Neogene, Miocene, Burdigalian
Ağaçlı Member of Danişmen Formation , early Miocene

Note: Burdigalian age specified by Ü. Akkemik to PFNR.

Locality

Turkey
Black Sea coast (Kilyos beach) of the city of Kilyos of Istanbul, 41° 15′ 22.36″ N and 28° 57′ 52.30″ E