(2741) Proposal to conserve the name Protophyllocladoxylon (fossil Coniferophyta : Coniferales ) with a conserved type

• Published in: TAXON
• Main Authors: Zijlstra, Gea, Philippe, Marc
• Other Authors: Marine Palynology and Paleoceanography, Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés (LEHNA), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Project: 28578,SYNTHESYS
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://univ-lyon1.hal.science/hal-02907490; https://univ-lyon1.hal.science/hal-02907490/document; https://univ-lyon1.hal.science/hal-02907490/file/TAXON%20-%202020%20-%20Zijlstra%20-%202741%20Proposal%20to%20conserve%20the%20name%20Protophyllocladoxylon%20fossil%20Coniferophyta%20Coniferales%20.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12227

International audience (2741) Protophyllocladoxylon Kräusel in Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Abt., ser. 2, 47: 16. 1939 (post Mai), nom. cons. prop. Typus: P. dolianitii Mussa (in Bol. Div. Geol. Mineral. Brasil 182: 17. 1958), typ. cons. prop.Protophyllocladoxylon was published by Kräusel (in Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Abt., ser. 2, 47: 16. 1939) in an article of 140 pages (and 23 figures) on the fossil flora of Egypt. The genus is an important one with more than 20 species, distributed from the Carboniferous to the late Cretaceous, on all continents including Antarctica. The genus is of phylogenetic (Marguerier in Compt. Rend. Congr. Natl. Soc. Savantes, Sec. Sci. 102: 79–97. 1979) and biogeographical (Fletcher & al. in Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 208: 43–49. 2014) significance. Some of the most important Mesozoic species are mentioned towards the end of this proposal.