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Podocarpoxylon helmstedtianum Gottwald from Kučlín (Late Eocene, Czech Republic) reinterpreted as Tetraclinoxylon vulcanense Privé
Author(s) -
Sakala J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.200390015
Subject(s) - botany , czech , genus , biology , cupressaceae , paleontology , philosophy , pollen , linguistics
A big silicified trunk from the Late Eocene locality of Kučlín was originally identified as Podocarpoxylon helmstedtianum Gottwald and preliminarily associated with co‐occurring twigs and cone scales of Doliostrobus taxiformis ( Sternb.) Z.Kvaček . However, the new diagnosis of the genus Doliostrobus , recently complemented by the characteristics of secondary wood of twigs, does not support such an attribution. On the basis of a new analysis of wood structures and comparisons, the fossil wood from Kučlín is reinterpreted as Tetraclinoxylon vulcanense Privé , and associated with twigs and seeds of Tetraclinis salicornioides ( Unger) Z. Kvaček , the second conifer recorded at this locality.