Fossil Wood of Keteleerioxylon kamtschatkiense sp. nov. (Pinaceae) from the Cretaceous of the Northwestern Kamchatka Peninsula

Blokhina N.I., Afonin M.A., Popov A.M.

Paleontological Journal 2006; 40(6): 678-686

A new species, Keteleerioxylon kamtschatkiense, is described from the Cretaceous of the northwestern Kamchatka Peninsula on the basis of wood anatomy. Fossil wood showing anatomical characters of the modern genus Keteleeria is described from the Cretaceous of the Russian Far East for the first time.

DOI 10.1134/S0031030106060104

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