# Phyllotheca

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of ferns}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Permian}}
| taxon = Phyllotheca
| authority = ''Brongniart'' (1828)
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision = 
* ''P. australis''
* ''P. brevifolia''
* ''P. griesbachii''
* ''P. indica''
* ''P. longifolia''
}}
'''''Phyllotheca''''' is an extinct genus of [equisetalean](/source/Equisetales), related to modern [horsetails](/source/horsetails). It is known from the [Permian](/source/Permian) period,<ref>{{Citation |last=Neregato |first=Rodrigo |title=Diversity and Stratigraphic Distribution of Sphenophytes in the Permian of the Paraná Basin, Brazil |date=2024 |work=Brazilian Paleofloras |pages=579–623 |editor-last=Iannuzzi |editor-first=Roberto |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-22526-1_16 |access-date=2026-04-11 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer Nature Switzerland |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-22526-1_16 |isbn=978-3-030-22525-4 |last2=Boardman |first2=Daiana Rockenbach |last3=Rohn |first3=Rosemarie |last4=Iannuzzi |first4=Roberto |editor2-last=Rößler |editor2-first=Ronny |editor3-last=Kunzmann |editor3-first=Lutz}}</ref> as well as possibly the [Carboniferous](/source/Carboniferous).<ref>Djordjevic-Milutinovic, D. (2010). [https://nhmbeo.rs/wp-content/pdfovi/Bulletin-2010-02.pdf An overview of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sites with macroflora in Serbia]. ''Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Belgrade, 3'', 27–46.</ref> It was named was created in 1828, when Brongniart described the [type species](/source/type_species) ''Phyllotheca australis'' coming from Hawkesbury River, [Australia](/source/Australia).<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/1097073/Uma_nova_especie_de_Phyllotheca_Brongniart_Townrow_no_Permiano_Inferior_da_Bacia_do_Parana_RS Uma nova espécie de Phyllotheca Brongniart]</ref>

==Species==
* ''[Phyllotheca australis](/source/Phyllotheca_australis)'': Initially described by Brongniart coming from [Australia](/source/Australia).
* ''[Phyllotheca brevifolia](/source/Phyllotheca_brevifolia)'': Described by Roesler, Boardman and Iannuzzi. Found in Paleorrota geopark on ''Morro Papaléo'' in [Mariana Pimentel](/source/Mariana_Pimentel), [Brazil](/source/Brazil). The area is in [Rio Bonito Formation](/source/Rio_Bonito_Formation) dating from [Sakmarian](/source/Sakmarian) in the [Permian](/source/Permian).
* ''[Phyllotheca indica](/source/Phyllotheca_indica)'': Described by Towrow in 1955. Coming from [India](/source/India).
* ''[Phyllotheca longifolia](/source/Phyllotheca_longifolia)'': Described by Roesler and Boardman. Found in Paleorrota geopark on Morro Papaléo in [Mariana Pimentel](/source/Mariana_Pimentel), [Brazil](/source/Brazil). The area is in [Rio Bonito Formation](/source/Rio_Bonito_Formation) dating from [Sakmarian](/source/Sakmarian) in the [Permian](/source/Permian).<ref>[http://www.sbpbrasil.org/revista/edicoes/15_2/RBP_03_Roesler_&_Iannuzzi_Final.pdf NOVA ESPÉCIE DE SPHENOPHYTA NO EOPERMIANO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL]</ref>
Claimed records from the [Jurassic](/source/Jurassic) of Poland are doubtful and may represent ''[Neocalamites](/source/Neocalamites)'' instead.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jarzynka |first=Agata |last2=Pacyna |first2=Grzegorz |date=2015-12-01 |title=Fossil flora of Middle Jurassic Grojec clays (southern Poland). Raciborski’s original material reinvestigated and supplemented. I. Sphenophytes |url=https://acpa.botany.pl/Fossil-flora-of-Middle-Jurassic-Grojec-clays-n-southern-Poland-Raciborski-s-original,119144,0,2.html |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=149–181 |doi=10.1515/acpa-2015-0013 |issn=2082-0259}}</ref>

==References==
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