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Amyelon

Cordaitales

Taxonomy
Amyelon was named by Williamson (1874). It is not extant. Its type is Amyelon radicans.

It was assigned to Cordaitales by Andrews (1970).

Species
A. radicans (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. equivius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Amyelon Williamson
1970Amyelon Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumConiferophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderCordaitalesScott 1909
genusAmyelonWilliamson 1874

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. †Amyelon Williamson 1874
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†Amyelon radicans Williamson 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Sakmarian or 358.90000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (21312)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sp. (21324) A. spp. (10671 10673 10674 10675 10677 36224 36225 36227 36229 36230 36236 36237 36239 36240 36275 36276 36277 36278)
Tournaisian - Visean358.9 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) A. equivius (10652)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom (Scotland) A. bovius (10648) A. spp. (10678)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) A. sp. (10646 35776)
Namurian - Westphalian A330.9 - 316.9Spain (Leon) A. radicans (37358)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Belgium A. radicans (37495)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Netherlands A. radicans (37497)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Germany A. radicans (37501)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) A. radicans (37359 37369 37376 37382)
Westphalian A - Westphalian B318.7 - 314.6Germany A. radicans (37506)
Westphalian B - Westphalian C316.9 - 309.8Netherlands A. radicans (37600)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Hebei) A. sp. (21185)