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Prototaxopitys andrewsii

Taxonomy
Prototaxoxylon andrewsii was named by Agashe and Chitnis (1971). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kharkhari Colliery, Jharia Coalfield, which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in India.

It was recombined as Prototaxopitys andrewsii by Agashe (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Prototaxoxylon andrewsii Agashe and Chitnis
1977Prototaxopitys andrewsii Agashe
1991Prototaxoxylon andrewsii Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
RankNameAuthor
—Radiatopses
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
genusPrototaxopitys
speciesandrewsii(Agashe and Chitnis 1971)

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.

†Prototaxopitys andrewsii Agashe and Chitnis 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4India (Jharkhand) Prototaxoxylon andrewsii (224703)