A petrified cycad trunk from the Late Cretaceous of the Larsen Basin, Antarctica
作者:
D.J. Cantrill,
期刊:
Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
(Taylor Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 24,
issue 4
页码: 307-318
ISSN:0311-5518
年代: 2000
DOI:10.1080/03115510008619534
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Cycadales;Antarctica;James Ross Island;Late Cretaceous
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Cetricycas antarcticusgen. et sp. nov. occurs in the Late Coniacian to Campanian Lachman Crags Member of the Santa Marta Formation, Marambio Group, James Ross Island, Antarctica. The petrified trunk comprises a thick pith containing thin and thick walled parenchymous cells, vascular traces surrounded by a thin layer of loose secondary wood. Medullary bundles arise inside the wood zone and pass outwards through multiseriate medullary rays. The trunk anatomy indicates assignment to the Cycadales, and the presence of medullary bundles indicates the affinities with a clade comprisingLepidozamia, Macrozamia, andEncephalartos. This clade is presently confined to Australia and Africa, but fossil representatives extend the geographic range to India, South America and now Antarctica.
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