Fossil wood Sequoioxylon dimyense sp. nov. (Cupressaceae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Zeya-Bureya Basin, Russian Far East

Afonin M.A.

Paleontological Journal 2013; 47(6): 631-640

A new species Sequoioxylon dimyense (Cupressaceae) is described from the Middle Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) deposits of the Zeya-Bureya basin (Russian Far East) based on the fossil wood anatomy. The new species is characterized by combination of anatomical wood characters of the modern representatives of the subfamily Sequoioideae.

DOI 10.1134/S0031030113060026

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