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Planoxylon

Coniferales

Taxonomy
Planoxylon was named by Stopes (1916). It is not extant. Its type is Planoxylon hectori.

It was assigned to Coniferophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Coniferales by Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Species
P. hectori (type species), P. indicum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Planoxylon Stopes
1970Planoxylon Andrews
1991Planoxylon Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
genusPlanoxylonStopes 1916

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. †Planoxylon Stopes 1916
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†Planoxylon hectori Stopes 1916
†Planoxylon indicum Vagyani and Mahabale 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Lopingian to the top of the Campanian or 259.90000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian - Lopingian266.9 - 252.17India P. sp. 1 (30176)
Lopingian - Early/Lower Triassic259.9 - 247.2India (Maharashtra) P. indicum (229855)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (232636)