Wood decay of Xenoxylon yunnanensis Feng sp nov from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Feng, Zhuo, Wei, Hai-Bo, Wang, Chun-Ling, Chen, Yu-Xuan, Shen, Jia-Jia, Yang, Ji-Yuan
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2015
• Subjects: Fossil wood; Saprophytic; Xenoxylon yunnanensis Feng; Plant-fungal interaction; Jurassic; GENUS XENOXYLON; PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS; CLAMP CONNECTIONS; LIAONING PROVINCE; ALEXANDER ISLAND; PALEOZOIC FUNGI; GROWTH RINGS; TREE GROWTH; ANTARCTICA; Physical Geography; Geology; Paleontology; Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Alexander Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/11972; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.05.021

A permineralised gymnosperm wood, Xenoxylon yunnanensis Feng sp. nov., is described from the Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in Huize County, Yunnan Province, Southwest China. The pycnoxylic wood consists of thick-walled tracheids and thin-walled rays. It is characterised by uniseriate, contiguo...