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Podocarpoxylon atuelensis

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Podocarpoxylon atuelensis was named by Gnaedinger et al. (2015) [Referred to the Atuel valley, as the main known geographic feature, along which most Lower-Middle Jurassic continental and marine sequences are exposed]. Its type specimen is IANIGLA-PB 57 (CTES-PB, 585), a wood, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro La Brea, Formación El Freno (IANIGLA-PB), which is in a Jurassic floodplain sandstone in the El Freno Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Podocarpoxylon atuelensis Gnaedinger et al. pp. 456-458 fig. 5–6,

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusPodocarpoxylonGothan 1905
speciesatuelensis

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.

Podocarpoxylon atuelensis Gnaedinger et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Early/Lower Jurassic or 201.40000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Argentina (Mendoza) Podocarpoxylon atuelensis (type locality: 210499)