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Nematophyton

Taxonomy
Nematophyton was named by Dawson (1888). Its type is Prototaxites logani.

It was reranked as Prototaxites (Nematophyton) by Lang (1937).

It was assigned to Prototaxites by Lang (1937); and to Plantae by Andrews (1970).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Nematophyton Dawson
1937Prototaxites (Nematophyton) Lang p. 259
1970Nematophyton Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusNematophytonDawson 1888

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. †Nematophyton Dawson 1888
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Nematophyton logani Dawson 1859
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6United Kingdom (Scotland) N. taitii (10721)