Metapodocarpoxylon

Metapodocarpoxylon; Temporal range: Jurassic–Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Araucariales
Family:	Podocarpaceae
Genus:	†Metapodocarpoxylon; Dupéron-Laudoueneix & Pons

Metapodocarpoxylon is an extinct genus of conifer from the Mesozoic era, suggested to be related with the family Podocarpaceae. The closest living equivalent is the genus Dacrydium, yet this fossil wood probably represented a more basal taxon.^[1]^[2]^[3] Multiple species of this genus are know from units that represented vast alluvial plains that were prevalent across regions such as Mali, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt, asocciated usually with the genus Agathoxylon, likely building large scale evergreen tropophilous forests.^[4]

References

^ Gazeau, F. (1969). "Sur quelques structures de bois Mésozoïques du Maroc". Notes, Mém. Serv. Géol. Maroc. 210 (3): 93–120.
^ Philippe, M.; Bamford, M.; McLoughlin, S.; Alves, L. S. R.; Falcon-Lang, H. J.; Gnaedinger, S.; Zamuner, A. (2004). "Biogeographic analysis of Jurassic–Early Cretaceous wood assemblages from Gondwana". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 129 (3): 141–173. Bibcode:2004RPaPa.129..141P. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.01.005.
^ El-Noamani, Zainab M.; El-Saadawi, Wagieh E.; Philippe, Marc (2021-10-01). "The woods Protophyllocladoxylon and Metapodocarpoxylon within the Cretaceous terrestrial biota of northern Africa". Cretaceous Research. 126: 104901. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12604901E. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104901. ISSN 0195-6671.
^ Philippe, M.; Cuny, G.; Bamford, M.; Jaillard, E.; Barale, G.; Gomez, B.; Ouaja, M.; Thévenard, F.; Thiébaut, M.; Von Sengbusch, P. (2003). "The palaeoxylological record of Metapodocarpoxylon libanoticum (Edwards) Dupéron-Laudoueneix et Pons and the Gondwana Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous continental biogeography". Journal of Biogeography. 30 (3): 389–400. Bibcode:2003JBiog..30..389P. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00835.x. ISSN 0305-0270.

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[Wood1-1] Gazeau, F. (1969). "Sur quelques structures de bois Mésozoïques du Maroc". Notes, Mém. Serv. Géol. Maroc. 210 (3): 93–120.

[Wood3-2] Philippe, M.; Bamford, M.; McLoughlin, S.; Alves, L. S. R.; Falcon-Lang, H. J.; Gnaedinger, S.; Zamuner, A. (2004). "Biogeographic analysis of Jurassic–Early Cretaceous wood assemblages from Gondwana". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 129 (3): 141–173. Bibcode:2004RPaPa.129..141P. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.01.005.

[3] El-Noamani, Zainab M.; El-Saadawi, Wagieh E.; Philippe, Marc (2021-10-01). "The woods Protophyllocladoxylon and Metapodocarpoxylon within the Cretaceous terrestrial biota of northern Africa". Cretaceous Research. 126: 104901. Bibcode:2021CrRes.12604901E. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104901. ISSN 0195-6671.

[4] Philippe, M.; Cuny, G.; Bamford, M.; Jaillard, E.; Barale, G.; Gomez, B.; Ouaja, M.; Thévenard, F.; Thiébaut, M.; Von Sengbusch, P. (2003). "The palaeoxylological record of Metapodocarpoxylon libanoticum (Edwards) Dupéron-Laudoueneix et Pons and the Gondwana Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous continental biogeography". Journal of Biogeography. 30 (3): 389–400. Bibcode:2003JBiog..30..389P. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00835.x. ISSN 0305-0270.

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