Ultrastructure of Eocene fossil plants

Authors

E. M. V. Nambudiri, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
W. D. Tidwell, Brigham Young University
W. M. Hess, Brigham Young University

Abstract

Petrified leaf and pericarpic tissues from the Eocene Deccan Intertrappean beds of India were studied using light and transmission electron microscopy. Degradated cytoplasm with organellelike bodies are present in cells of the leaf tissues. TEM of these cells revealed wall structure and cytoplasmic residues. Microfibril distribution of pericarpic cells resembles fiber cells in extant angiosperms.

Recommended Citation

Nambudiri, E. M. V.; Tidwell, W. D.; and Hess, W. M. (1981) "Ultrastructure of Eocene fossil plants," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 41: No. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol41/iss1/10