Biology:Mennegoxylon
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Short description: Extinct genus of trees
| Mennegoxylon | |
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| Mennegoxylon specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | †Mennegoxylon F.M.Hueber, E.M.V.Nambudiri, W.D.Tidwell & E.F.Wheeler |
| Type species | |
| Mennegoxylon jonesii | |
Mennegoxylon, commonly referred to as snakewood, is a genus of now extinct trees exhibiting a cell structure resembling snake skin when viewed in cross section.[1] Mennegoxylon is found in the Eocene age Yegua Formation of Texas and Louisiana, USA.[1] Specifically, many examples of snakewood have been found in College Station, Texas.[2]
It has been classified as a genus in the Nyctaginaceae.[3] The type species is Mennegoxylon jonesii.[1] The genus is named for Dr. Alberta Mennega.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hueber, F.M.; E.M.V. Nambudiri; W.D. Tidwell; E.F. Wheeler (1991). "An Eocene fossil tree with cambial variant wood structure". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.) 68 (3–4): 257–267. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(91)90027-z. Bibcode: 1991RPaPa..68..257H. http://www.hgms.org/Paleo/Snakewood.pdf.
- ↑ Singleton, Scott (January 2017). "Occurrence of Fossil Woods in Texas, Primarily the Cretaceous and Tertiary". Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions 67: 305–330. http://archives.datapages.com/data/gcags/data/067/067001/305_gcags670305.htm.
- ↑ Wheeler, Elisabeth; Manchester, Steven R. (January 2002). "Woods of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon, USA". IAWA Journal (Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, The Netherlands: International Association of Wood Anatomists) (3): 156. http://www.iawa-website.org/uploads/soft/download/iawa_j_supplements/IAWA%20J%20Suppl.3.%20Eocene%20Nut%20Beds.Clarno.pdf. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q6817170 entry
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