Keteleeria from the Tertiary Deposits of the Middle Sikhote-Alin (Primorye)

Blokhina N.I., Klimova R.S.

Paleontological Journal 2000; 34(1): 105-112

Fossil wood anatomically similar to that of extant Keteleeria was found for the first time in the Tertiary deposits of Primorye. A new species, Keteleerioxylon primoriense sp. nov. is described. The material came from the Maximovskaya Formation of Oligocene to Miocene age and was collected in the Maximovka River Basin,