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Gymnospermous woods from the Upper Triassic of northern Chile
Content Provider | Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany |
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Author | Lutz, Alicia I. Crisafulli, Alexandra Herbst, Rafael |
Abstract | The anatomical study or three gymnosperm fossil woods from the Upper Triassic La Coipa, La Ternera and Las Breas formations is presented. Prototaxoxylon intertappeum is a taxacean wood from India characterizedby its tertiary thickenings on their secondary tracheids; Protochamaecyparixylon klitzchii is a cupressaceous wood also present in the Nandanga Formation of South Africa while Protophyllocladoxyloncortaderitaensis is a Protopinaceae member which was already described from the Upper Triassic of Argentina. The present text is the first description of Triassic woods from Chile. |
Starting Page | 31 |
Ending Page | 38 |
File Format | |
Volume Number | 49 |
Language | English |
Publisher Date | 1999-01-01 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Coniferopsida (Taxales, Coniferales) Anatomy Upper Triassic Northern Chile |
Content Type | Text |
Educational Use | Research Reading |
Resource Type | Article |
Education Level | Under Graduate Post Graduate |
Subject | Paleobotany; fossil microorganisms |