In:
Italian Botanist, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 11 ( 2021-01-25), p. 1-8
Abstract:
The characterization of petrified wood provides valuable information about paleoclimatology and geological history and helps to reconstruct the past forest flora of different parts of the earth. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the anatomical characteristics of fossil wood of the Miocene age collected from the Manchar Formation exposed at Thano Bula Khan, Sindh, Pakistan. In order to carry out a detailed anatomical investigation, three-dimensional sections were prepared using a petrotome. The microscopic analysis allowed us to study vessel size and arrangement, wood parenchyma, fibers, and xylem rays. Based on the comparison between recent and fossil wood, we concluded that the investigated characters are comparable with those of the genus Atalantia Corrêa of the Rutaceae family. Therefore, it was named as Atalantioxylon thanobolensis sp. nov. with reference to the location of Thano Bula Khan from which the fossil wood was collected.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2531-4033
DOI:
10.3897/italianbotanist.11.60344
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10.3897/italianbotanist.11.60344.figure1
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10.3897/italianbotanist.11.60344.figure2
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10.3897/italianbotanist.11.60344.figure3
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10.3897/italianbotanist.11.60344.figure4
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2021
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