Kingdom Plantae Class Pinopsida Rank Genus | Division Pinophyta Family Araucariaceae (?) Order Pinales | |
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Similar Araucarioxylon arizonicum, Psaronius, Cordaites, Cordaitales, Pinales | ||
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, but especially common in the Carboniferous.
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Description
Dadoxylon were large trees that bore long strap-like leaves and trunks with small, narrow rays.
Distribution
Dadoxylon is common in many parts of the world, found in sites of both Gondwanaland and Laurasia and reported from southern Africa, central Asia, eastern Europe, South America and North America.
In southern Africa, Dadoxylon is widespread in the Pebbly Arkose Formation and also reported frequently from the Angwa Sandstone Formation.
Systematics
Dadoxlyon may be the same form genus as Araucarioxylon, hence the usage Dadoxylon (Araucarioxylon). Araucarioxylon is classified under family Araucariaceae.
Several Dadoxylon species, such as D. brandlingii and D. saxonicum have been identified as Araucarites.
