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Pentoxylon

Ginkgoopsida - Pentoxylales

Taxonomy
Pentoxylon was named by Srivastava (1944). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pentoxylaceae by Andrews (1970) and Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Pentoxylales by Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pentoxylon Srivastava
1970Pentoxylon Andrews
1976Pentoxylon Lakhanpal et al.
1991Pentoxylon Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumGinkgophytaBessey 1907
RankNameAuthor
classGinkgoopsidaEngler 1897
orderPentoxylales
genusPentoxylonSrivastava 1944

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. †Pentoxylon Srivastava 1944
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Pentoxylon sahnii Srivastava 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) P. sahnii (224719)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Rajasthan) P. sahnii (30133)