Palmoxylon queenslandicum: a permineralised Oligocene palm trunk from near Springsure, south-eastern Queensland
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2003
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Conran, J.
Rozefelds, A.
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Alcheringa, 2003; 27(1-2):125-134
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John G. Conran and Andrew C. Rozefelds
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A permineralised palm trunk segment from an Oligocene deposit near Springsure in southeastern Queensland is described. The palm shows some affinities to the extant tribes Corypheae (in particular to the genera Livistona and Licuala), and Caryoteae. However, as it differs from them in a number of features and there are no unique diagnostic stem or root anatomical features which define most other extant palm genera, the fossil is assigned to the form genus Palmoxylon as the new species P. queenslandicum.