Taxites Brongniart 1828 (yew)

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae

Parent taxon: Taxeae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Knowlton 1899 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Cephalotaxopsis, Cephalotaxospermum, Cephalotaxus, Protophyllocladus, Tumion

Subtaxa: Taxites lanceolata Taxites langsdorfii Taxites medius Taxites mehtae Taxites microphyllus Taxites olriki Taxites planus Taxites tournalii

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Type: Taxites tournalii

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (3: Alaska, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (1)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), China (1), Georgia (1), India (3), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Permian of United States (1: Arizona)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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