First occurrence of the boreal fossil wood Xenoxylon meisteri from the Jurassic of North America: Morrison Formation of central Montana, USA

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Richmond, Dean, Lupia, Richard, Philippe, Marc, Klimek, Jason
• Other Authors: School of Geology and Geophysics Norman, University of Oklahoma (OU), Sam Noble Museum and Biology Department, Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés (LEHNA), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University (BYU)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: Mesozoic Fossil wood Paleobotany; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Morrison; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://univ-lyon1.hal.science/hal-02155361; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.05.001

International audience Six specimens of the fossil wood Xenoxylon meisteri were discovered in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of central Montana and are described herein. The discovery represents the first confirmed occurrence of the species X. meisteri in North America. In addition, we review...