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Xenoxylon (Coniferales) Fossil Woods from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Deposits of Siberia and the Russian Far East

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Xenoxylon fossil wood species (X. latiporosum, X. phyllocladoides, X. japonicum, X. meisteri, and X. nariwaense) from the Cretaceous localities of Siberia and the Russian Far East are described based on anatomical wood features. X. japonicum and X. nariwaense have not been recorded in Russia, and X. meisteri has not been recorded in the Russian Far East. The knowledge about the stratigraphic distribution of X. japonicum and X. nariwaense, which were earlier described only from the Upper Triassic deposits, is improved. A complete list of revised Xenoxylon fossil woods from the Jurassic and Cretaceous deposits of Siberia and the Russian Far East is provided.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author is grateful to Dr. M. Philippe (University of Lyon, Lyon, France) for consultations during the study; to Dr. V.S. Markevich, Dr. E.V. Bugdaeva, Dr. E.B. Volynets (Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok), L.P. Eikhvald (Khabarovskgeologiya, Khabarovsk), and Dr. S.A. Medvedeva (Institute of Tectonics and Geophysics named after Yu. A. Kosygin, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Khabarovsk) for the material and literature on geology of locations; to Dr. N.V. Nosova (BIN RAS, St. Petersburg) and Dr. V. E. Benkova (FI SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk) for the help with collections of Shilkina and Nashchokin; to A.P. Lyakhova (Far Eastern Geological Institute, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok) for the production of sections; and to anonymous reviewers of this manuscript for their valuable comments.

This study was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 17-04-01582a.

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Afonin, M.A. Xenoxylon (Coniferales) Fossil Woods from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Deposits of Siberia and the Russian Far East. Paleontol. J. 53, 89–104 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030119010027

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