Phyllotheca

The genus Phyllotheca was created in 1828, when Brongniart described the type species Phyllotheca australis coming from Hawkesbury River, Australia.^[1]

Phyllotheca Temporal range: Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Subclass:	Equisetidae
Order:	Equisetales
Family:	†Phyllothecaceae
Genus:	†Phyllotheca Brongniart (1828)
Species
P. australis P. brevifolia P. griesbachii P. indica P. longifolia

Species

• Phyllotheca australis: Initially described by Brongniart coming from Australia.
• Phyllotheca brevifolia: Described by Roesler, Boardman and Iannuzzi. Found in Paleorrota geopark on Morro Papaléo in Mariana Pimentel, Brazil. The area is in Rio Bonito Formation dating from Sakmarian in the Permian.
• Phyllotheca indica: Described by Towrow in 1955. Coming from India.
• Phyllotheca longifolia: Described by Roesler and Boardman. Found in Paleorrota geopark on Morro Papaléo in Mariana Pimentel, Brazil. The area is in Rio Bonito Formation dating from Sakmarian in the Permian.^[2]