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Protophyllocladus

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae

Taxonomy

Protophyllocladus was named by Berry (1903). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Taxaceae by Berry (1914); to Taxeae by Knowlton (1919); and to Coniferales by Andrews (1970).

Species

P. lanceolatus, P. lobatus, P. polymorphus (syn. Thinnfeldia montana), P. subintegrifolius (syn. Thinnfeldia lesquereuxiana)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Protophyllocladus Berry
1914	Protophyllocladus Berry p. 17
1919	Protophyllocladus Knowlton
1970	Protophyllocladus Andrews

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Plantae
phylum	Spermatophyta
phylum	Pinophyta
class	Pinopsida	Burnett 1833

Rank	Name	Author
order	Pinales
family	Taxaceae
subfamily	Taxeae
genus	Protophyllocladus	Berry 1903

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Protophyllocladus Berry 1903

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†Protophyllocladus lanceolatus Knowlton 1893

†Protophyllocladus lobatus Berry 1911

†Protophyllocladus polymorphus Lesquereux 1859

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Invalid names: Thinnfeldia montana Knowlton 1898 [synonym]

†Protophyllocladus subintegrifolius Lesquereux 1868

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Invalid names: Thinnfeldia lesquereuxiana Heer 1882 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Campanian or 205.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (26 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Jurassic	205.7 - 174.7	Sweden (Scania)	Thinnfeldia polymorpha (25046)
Middle Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France	P. sp. (31327)
Early/Lower Cretaceous	143.1 - 100.5	Canada (British Columbia)	P. subintegrifolius (31384)
Cretaceous	143.1 - 66.0	Greenland	P. sp. (23435)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Canada (British Columbia)	P. polymorpha (35012)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	USA (Wyoming)	P. subintegrifolius (31383)
Coniacian - Campanian	89.8 - 72.2	Canada (British Columbia)	P. polymorphia (35174 35184 35189 35193 35203 35207 35219)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Canada (Alberta)	P. polymorpha (35083 35085)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (South Carolina)	P. lobatus (210092)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Wyoming)	P. subintegrifolius (27359 27360 27361 27365 27366 27368 27369 27370 27375)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Montana)	P. subintegrifolius (27363)