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Two new fossil taxa from Calophyllaceae in Cuddalore Sandstone Formation, Tamil Nadu, India at a newly discovered site in the Late Miocene to early Pliocene

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Growth ring boundaries are indistinct.

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Wood is diffuse-porous. Vessels are solitary and in radial multiples of 2-3, arranged diagonally, 4-10 (6) per mm2, round to oval.

Vessel diameter t.d 112-228 µm(160µm), r.d 102-335 µm(270µm), vessel length 281-583 µm (399 µm), thin-walled, simple perforation plate, tunicate end, intervessel pits alternate, minute ≤ 4 µm. Tylosed. Apotracheal parenchyma absent.

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Paratracheal parenchyma aliform to confluent. Rays 2-5 cells wide, 10-21 (15) rays per tangential mm, ray length 272-1211 µm (552 µm), Rays heterocellular with one row of square marginal cells. Vasicentric tracheids present, 1-2 layers.

Fibre libriform, extremely thick walled, non-septate, t.d 15-30 µm(µm), r.d 13-26 µm(µm), lumen - µm rectangular to polygonal.

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