Fossil Wood of Sequoioxylon chemrylicum Sp. Nov. (Taxodiaceae) from the Paleogene of Chemurnaut Bay, Kamchatka

Blokhina N.I.

Paleontological Journal 1997; 31(2): 235-238

A new species, Sequoioxylon chemrylicum Blokhina sp. nov. is based on anatomical characters of fossil wood from the Paleogene of Chemryl Cape (Chemumaut Bay, Kamchatka). It shows a peculiar combination of anatomical features characteristic of different extant species of the tribe Sequoieae.