Dadoxylon
| Dadoxylon | |
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| Dadoxylon fossil trunks from the Bumi Hills area of Zimbabwe | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Araucariaceae (?) |
| Genus: | †Dadoxylon Endlicher, 1847 |
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Dadoxylon is a form genus of fossil wood, including massive tree trunks. Dadoxlyon is identified from the late Palaeozoic to the end of the Mesozoic,[1] but especially common in the Carboniferous.[2]
Description
Dadoxylon were large trees that bore long strap-like leaves and trunks with small, narrow rays.[2]
Distribution
Dadoxylon is common in many parts of the world, found in sites of both Gondwanaland and Laurasia and reported from southern Africa,[3] central Asia,[4] eastern Europe,[5] South America[6] and North America.[2]
In southern Africa, Dadoxylon is widespread in the Pebbly Arkose Formation[3] and also reported frequently from the Angwa Sandstone Formation.[7][8]
Systematics
Dadoxlyon may be the same form genus as Araucarioxylon, hence the usage Dadoxylon (Araucarioxylon).[9] Araucarioxylon is classified under family Araucariaceae.[10]
Several Dadoxylon species, such as D. brandlingii and D. saxonicum have been identified as Araucarites.[5]
References
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