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Prototaxites

Taxonomy
Prototaxites was named by Dawson (1859). Its type is Prototaxites logani.

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. caledonianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Prototaxites Dawson
1970Prototaxites Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusPrototaxitesDawson 1859

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. †Prototaxites Dawson 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available