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<mods:title>Conifer wood assemblage dominated by Podocarpaceae, early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, central Argentinean Patagonia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Pujana, Roberto R.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Wilf, Peter</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Gandolfo, Maria A.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="A43C9C00-E954-598D-AA48-937E2591DBDC" authority="Gothan" authorityName="Gothan" authorityYear="1905" class="Pinopsida" family="Podocarpaceae" genus="Phyllocladoxylon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum" order="Pinales" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="antarcticum">Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum Gothan</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Figure 3A-L</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Studied material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">MPEF-Pb 10707, 10710, 10747, 10765, 10767, 10773 and 10776.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Localities.</paragraph>
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LU6, LU15 and LU22 at Laguna del Hunco (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Location map and satellite images (Instituto Geografico Nacional de la Republica Argentina, upper, and Google, CNES / Airbus, below) showing the Laguna del Hunco section and sampling locations. Scale in the satellite image below (tilted) varies across the map." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444201" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">1</figureCitation>
, Table
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), Chubut Province, Argentina.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Stratigraphic provenance.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Tufolitas Laguna del Hunco, Huitrera Formation (Ypresian, early Eocene).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Description.</paragraph>
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Growth ring boundaries are distinct (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3A, B</figureCitation>
), latewood with ca. 3-10 rows of tracheids (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3B</figureCitation>
). Tracheids are roundish to polygonal as seen in transverse section (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3B, C</figureCitation>
). Intertracheary pitting in radial walls is abietinean, mostly uniseriate, rarely biseriate (Si= 1.03), mostly non contiguous (Cp= 11.9%), and opposite when biseriate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3D-F</figureCitation>
). Intertracheary pits are rounded in outline; 18.3 (12.5-26.4, SD = 1.9)
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in vertical diameter (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3D-F</figureCitation>
). Tracheid tangential diameter is 33.2 (16.3-56.6, SD = 4.7)
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. Cross-fields have mostly 1, very rarely 2, mean 1.04, pits per cross-field (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3G-I</figureCitation>
). Cross-field pits are ellipsoidal with simple borders (rarely with narrow borders) and sometimes pointed; 13.0 (7.8-17.6, SD = 1.6)
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in vertical diameter (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3G-I</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Schematic drawing of the cross-fields: A Protophyllocladoxylon francisiae B cf. Cupressinoxylon sp. 1 C Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum D cf. Cupressinoxylon sp. 2. Scale bar: 50 μm." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444206" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">6C</figureCitation>
). Wall alteration (not helical thickening) of the secondary walls of tracheids is observed (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3J</figureCitation>
). Horizontal walls of ray parenchyma cells are smooth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3G, H</figureCitation>
). Average ray height is medium, 8.2 (1-34, SD = 5.0) cells high, rays are exclusively uniseriate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum: A Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747 B detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776 C detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765 D opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 E uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 F uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776 G cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707 H cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765 I cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710 J wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 K uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767 L uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 200 μm (B, K); 100 μm (C, L); 50 μm (D, F, G, H, I, J); 20 μm (E)." figureDoi="10.3897/phytokeys.156.54175.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/444203" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">3K, L</figureCitation>
) and with a frequency of 6.5 (3-11, SD = 0.2) rays per mm.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum</emphasis>
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:
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Growth rings of type D (TS), MPEF-Pb 10747
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detail of a growth ring of type D boundary (TS), MPEF-Pb 10776
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detail of roundish tracheids (TS), MPEF-Pb 10765
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opposite contiguous biseriate intertracheary radial pits (arrowheads) (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767
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uniseriate non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (scanning electron microscope, SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776
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uniseriate contiguous (arrowheads) and non contiguous intertracheary radial pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10776
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cross-fields with large simple pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10707
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cross-fields with large pointed and narrow-bordered pits (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10765
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cross-fields with large simple pits (SEM), MPEF-Pb 10710
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wall alteration of the secondary walls of tracheids (RLS), MPEF-Pb 10767
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uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10767
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uniseriate rays (TLS), MPEF-Pb 10747. Scale bars: 5 mm (
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); 200
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(
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); 100
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(
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); 50
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(
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); 20
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(
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Remarks.</paragraph>
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Abietinean intertracheary radial pitting and cross-fields with usually one large simple pit (
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) are the observed key characters, allowing confident placement of these Patagonian woods within
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. Distinct growth ring boundaries, absence of axial parenchyma and resin plugs, and predominantly uniseriate radial pitting are characteristics of the species
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Gothan, W" journalOrPublisher="Ichnos" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" refId="B19" refString="Gothan, W, 1908. Die fossilen Hoelzer von der Seymour und Snow Hill insel. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Suedpolar Expedition 1901-1903(3): 1-33." title="Die fossilen Hoelzer von der Seymour und Snow Hill insel. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Suedpolar Expedition 1901 - 1903 (3): 1 - 33." year="1908">Gothan 1908</bibRefCitation>
;
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).
</paragraph>
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Specimen MPEF-Pb 10767 frequently has biseriate opposite pits (Fig.
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), and wider (in tangential section) tracheids, similar to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Protophyllocladoxylon</emphasis>
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. However, most of its pits are non-contiguous (Cp= 23.1%), the growth rings are wider, and it has one pit per cross-field, all of which are features of the species
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Two other specimens, MPEF-Pb 10733 and 10778, are not very well preserved and are assigned to cf.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">P. antarcticum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because two of the main characters (intertracheary radial pitting and cross-fields) are poorly preserved and therefore barely discernible (Table
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Wood anatomy of studied conifer samples. Locality (LU); Seriation index (Si); Contiguity percentage (Cp) [%]; Mean vertical diameter of radial pits (VDRP) [μm]; Mean tracheid tangential diameter (TTD) [μm]; Mean pits per cross-field (PxCF); Mean vertical diameter of cross-field pits (VDCP) [μm]; Mean ray height (RH) [cells]; Mean rays per mm (RxM). * indicates fewer than 15 measurements." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/1D6F31EA32A21DDBB45A598840947C2D" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" tableUuid="1D6F31EA32A21DDBB45A598840947C2D">2</tableCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the most common species in our sample of conifer woods from Laguna del Hunco. In Patagonia, it was previously recorded in the Cretaceous (
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), Eocene (
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), and in sediments of unknown ages (
<bibRefCitation author="Kraeusel, R" journalOrPublisher="Arkiv foer Botanik" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="1 - 36" refId="B26" refString="Kraeusel, R, 1924. Beitraege zur Kenntnis der fossilen Flora Suedamerikas 1. Fossile Hoelzer aus Patagonien und benachbarten Gebieten. Arkiv foer Botanik 19: 1 - 36" title="Beitraege zur Kenntnis der fossilen Flora Suedamerikas 1. Fossile Hoelzer aus Patagonien und benachbarten Gebieten." volume="19" year="1924">
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1924
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). On the Antarctic Peninsula, the fossil-species is the dominant component of the Eocene of Seymour/Marambio Island wood flora (
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;
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) and a common component of wood floras from the Late Cretaceous of James Ross Island (
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), the Paleocene of Seymour/Marambio Island (
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;
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), and the Eocene of the Fildes Peninsula of King George/25 de Mayo Island (
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;
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="81">
<bibRefCitation author="Torres, T" journalOrPublisher="Serie Cientifica Instituto Antartico Chileno" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="69 - 107" refId="B50" refString="Torres, T, Lemoigne, Y, 1988. Maderas fosiles terciarias de la Formacion Caleta Arctowski, isla Rey Jorge, Antartica. Serie Cientifica Instituto Antartico Chileno 37: 69 - 107" title="Maderas fosiles terciarias de la Formacion Caleta Arctowski, isla Rey Jorge, Antartica." volume="37" year="1988">Torres and Lemoigne (1988)</bibRefCitation>
suggested a possible relationship of
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. antarcticum" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" rank="species" species="antarcticum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">P. antarcticum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with the extant genera
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phyllocladus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Rich.,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Dacrydium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sol. ex G.Forst.,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Microcachrys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hook.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Prumnopitys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Phil., and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Podocarpus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Labill.
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suggested affinities with several basal extant
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: the prumnopityoid clade (including
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phyllocladus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Prumnopitys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Microstrobos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Garden and LAS Johnson, and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Microcachrys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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); all of those taxa share with the fossils similar wood anatomy, abietinean radial pitting, and, predominantly, one large simple pit per cross-field (
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).
</paragraph>
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Recently, a compressed branch bearing phylloclades from Laguna del Hunco was assigned to the newly described fossil-genus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Huncocladus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Andruchow-Colombo et al., a stem relative of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phyllocladus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.1071/SB18043" author="Andruchow-Colombo, A" journalOrPublisher="Australian Systematic Botany" pageId="0" pageNumber="81" pagination="290 - 309" refId="B1" refString="Andruchow-Colombo, A, Wilf, P, Escapa, IH, 2019. A South American fossil relative of Phyllocladus: Huncocladus laubenfelsii gen. et sp. nov. (Podocarpaceae), from the early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina. Australian Systematic Botany 32: 290 - 309, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/SB18043" title="A South American fossil relative of Phyllocladus: Huncocladus laubenfelsii gen. et sp. nov. (Podocarpaceae), from the early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.1071/SB18043" volume="32" year="2019">Andruchow-Colombo et al. 2019</bibRefCitation>
), and pollen having affinity with
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Microcachrys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) was also reported from Laguna del Hunco. These fossils could be related to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although more evidence is necessary to confirm this hypothesis.
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</taxonomicName>
(Poepp. ex Endl.) de Laub., the only extant species of its genus from Patagonia, and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="81">Phyllocladoxylon antarcticum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share similar wood anatomy (
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), and it is possible that the fossil-species could be related to the extant
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.
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