Agathoxylon
Extinct genus of conifers of the family Araucariaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Agathoxylon (also known by the synonyms Dadoxylon and Araucarioxylon[3]) is a form genus of fossil wood, including massive tree trunks. Although identified from the late Palaeozoic to the end of the Mesozoic,[4] Agathoxylon is common from the Carboniferous to Triassic.[5] Agathoxylon represents the wood of multiple conifer groups, including both Araucariaceae[6] and Cheirolepidiaceae,[7] with late Paleozoic and Triassic forms possibly representing other conifers or other seed plant groups like "pteridosperms".[8]
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Agathoxylon | |
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Agathoxylon fossil trunks from the Bumi Hills area of Zimbabwe | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Genus: | †Agathoxylon Hartig 1848 |
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†Agathoxylon cordaianum Hartig 1848 | |
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