Lepidodendrales - Lepidodendraceae
Proposed for conservation against earlier taxonomic synonym, Yuccites Martius (1822), by Doweld (in Taxon 62: 839. 2013).
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Synonym: Lepidofloyos Sternberg 1825 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Lepidodendraceae according to D. L. Dilcher et al. 2005
See also Andrews 1970 and Jennings 1980
Sister taxa: Aspidiopsis, Bergeria, Lepidodendron, Lepidophylloides, Lepidostrobophyllum, Lychnophorites, Phillipsia
Subtaxa: Lepidofloyos laricinum Lepidophloios laricinus
Type: Lepidofloyos laricinum
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (6: Nova Scotia, Nunavut), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (41: Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma)
Total: 56 collections including 63 occurrences
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