Phyllotheca
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| Phyllotheca Temporal range: | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Subclass: | Equisetidae |
| Order: | Equisetales |
| Family: | †Phyllothecaceae |
| Genus: | †Phyllotheca Brongniart (1828) |
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Phyllotheca is an extinct genus of equisetalean, related to modern horsetails. It is known from the Permian period,[1] as well as possibly the Carboniferous.[2] It was named was created in 1828, when Brongniart described the type species Phyllotheca australis coming from Hawkesbury River, Australia.[3]
