| 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. Mennegoxylon is found in the Eocene age Yegua Formation of Texas and Louisiana, USA. Specifically, many examples of snakewood have been found in College Station, Texas.
It has been classified as a genus in the Nyctaginaceae. The type species is Mennegoxylon jonesii. The genus is named for Dr. Alberta Mennega.
References
- ^ Hueber, F.M.; E.M.V. Nambudiri; W.D. Tidwell; E.F. Wheeler (1991). "An Eocene fossil tree with cambial variant wood structure" (PDF). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 68 (3–4). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.: 257–267. Bibcode:1991RPaPa..68..257H. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(91)90027-z.
- 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 – via The AAPG/Datapages Combined Publications Database.
- Wheeler, Elisabeth; Manchester, Steven R. (January 2002). "Woods of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon, USA" (PDF). IAWA Journal (3). Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, The Netherlands: International Association of Wood Anatomists: 156. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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