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Dadoxylon rollei Unger 1859

Description

Dadoxylon cf. rollei Unger, 1859 (Fig. 10 A-D)

A rather large specimen consists of a single fragment of distorted wood (Fig. 9A); however characteristic features are preserved: the files of secondary xylem tracheids (30-50 µm in diameter) are separated by narrow (uniseriate) rays of variable height (2 to 20 cells) (Fig. 9B, D); pitting, restricted to radial walls, shows uni- to biseriate rows of crowded circular bordered pits (Fig. 9C). This anatomy is similar to that of woody trunks of Dadoxylon rollei Unger from the Lower Permian of Germany and from Autun. Marguerier (1971), who investigated trunks from Autun, consider that characteristics of tracheid pittings of such woods suggest affinities with walchian conifers rather than with cordaites.

Notes

Published as part of Galtier, Jean, Ronchi, Ausonio & Broutin, Jean, 2011, Early Permian silicified floras from the Perdasdefogu Basin (SE Sardinia): comparison and bio-chronostratigraphic correlation with the floras of the Autun Basin (Massif central, France), pp. 43-69 in Geodiversitas 33 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.5252/g2011n1a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4596948

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Unger
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Pinales
Family
Araucariaceae
Genus
Dadoxylon
Species
rollei
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Dadoxylon rollei Unger, 1859 sec. Galtier, Ronchi & Broutin, 2011

References

  • MARGUERIER J. 1971. - A propos d'un bois fossile de l'Autunien d'Autun: Dadoxylon rollei Unger, bois presume de coniferophyte. Comptes Rendus du 96 e Congres national des Societes Savantes, Toulouse, Sciences 5: 77 - 97.