A new record of Agathoxylon from the oligocene-miocene of South China

Xinxin Feng; Alexei A. Oskolski; Xiaoyan Liu; Wenbo Liao; Jianhua Jin

doi:10.1163/22941932-20150104

A new record of Agathoxylon from the oligocene-miocene of South China

Xinxin Feng, Alexei A. Oskolski, Xiaoyan Liu, Wenbo Liao, Jianhua Jin

Botany and Plant Biotechnology

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A gymnosperm wood is described from the Oligocene-Miocene of Hainan Island, South China. It is characterized by circular, thin-walled tracheids with resin plugs, 1-3-seriate alternate or opposite intertracheary pits in radial walls, 1-2-seriate rays, cross fields with 3-14 araucarioid cross-field pits. These are features found in the Araucariaceae and the fossil is designated as Agathoxylon sp. Fossil woods with anatomical characteristics seen in the Araucariaceae are extremely rare in the North Hemisphere after the K/T boundary. Thus, this Agathoxylon from the Oligocene-Miocene of South China has significance for biogeographic studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	338-344
Number of pages	7
Journal	IAWA Journal
Volume	36
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-20150104
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Agathoxylon
Araucariaceae
Araucarioxylon-type of woods
Hainan Island
Oligocene-Miocene
South China

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Forestry
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