Kaokoxylon

Kaokoxylon is an extinct Gondwanan genus of gymnosperms from the Permian and Triassic. Fossils assigned to the genus or its type species, Kaokoxylon zalesskyi, have been found in South America (Brazil, Argentina), India (Bengal), and Antarctica.

Kaokoxylon
Temporal range: 270–200 Ma
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Kaokoxylon

Kräusel, 1956

In Brazil fossil regions have been found in the region of the Brazilian paleopark, Paleorrota, in the city of Faxinal do Soturno on Linha São Luiz. This outcrop is located in Caturrita Formation.

Description

Cells of Sclerenchyma are found isolated or in small irregular groups along of pith, without connections.

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