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“ The association between some herbivorous dicynodonts and the plants they depended on in the Late Permian of southern Gondwana is examined in the light of recent palaeobotanical work. The ecological restrictions that the flora placed on the herbivores are examined. ”– unknown author

The genus Phyllotheca was created in 1828, when Brongniart described the type species Phyllotheca australis coming from Hawkesbury River, Australia to South Africa.

Take Note: All of my drawings and photos of people, animals, plants, mythology, disasters, organizations, events, and more are purely fictitious. These are included in real-life situations and events with fictional characters or creatures that aren't real, be at your own risk. For nationality or indigenous, be advised. Ognimdo.

Physiology
Longitudinally ribbed, segmented axes. Longitudinally ribbed axis with fine roots emerging from a node. Whorls or partially fused, linear leaves attached to slender segmented axes or detached.

Ecology
Vegetative and fertile axes, dispersed and attached sporangia, in-situ spores, isolated and attached whorls of leaves, rhizomes bearing roots and branches, naked axes and a permineralized axis are all assigned to Phyllotheca australis. The large numbers of axes with attached sporangia allow a reinterpretation of the fertile structure and the specific diagnosis is emended. Although it is recognized that the fossils assigned to this taxon may represent a species complex, there exist no clear morphological discontinuities between the material previously assigned to P. australis and P. indica from widely separated Gondwanan localities.

Distribution and Habitat
Phyllotheca australis was common throughout Gondwana, and is a reliable index fossil of the Upper Permian of Australia to South Africa.

Reference
twitter.com/ognimdo2002/status…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloth…
academic.oup.com/botlinnean/ar…
www.sciencedirect.com/science/…
www.mindat.org/taxon-P271011.h…
www.researchgate.net/figure/Ph…

This drawing or photo was made by Ognimdo2002.

Description

“ The association between some herbivorous dicynodonts and the plants they depended on in the Late Permian of southern Gondwana is examined in the light of recent palaeobotanical work. The ecological restrictions that the flora placed on the herbivores are examined. ”– unknown author

The genus Phyllotheca was created in 1828, when Brongniart described the type species Phyllotheca australis coming from Hawkesbury River, Australia to South Africa.

Take Note: All of my drawings and photos of people, animals, plants, mythology, disasters, organizations, events, and more are purely fictitious. These are included in real-life situations and events with fictional characters or creatures that aren't real, be at your own risk. For nationality or indigenous, be advised. Ognimdo.

Physiology
Longitudinally ribbed, segmented axes. Longitudinally ribbed axis with fine roots emerging from a node. Whorls or partially fused, linear leaves attached to slender segmented axes or detached.

Ecology
Vegetative and fertile axes, dispersed and attached sporangia, in-situ spores, isolated and attached whorls of leaves, rhizomes bearing roots and branches, naked axes and a permineralized axis are all assigned to Phyllotheca australis. The large numbers of axes with attached sporangia allow a reinterpretation of the fertile structure and the specific diagnosis is emended. Although it is recognized that the fossils assigned to this taxon may represent a species complex, there exist no clear morphological discontinuities between the material previously assigned to P. australis and P. indica from widely separated Gondwanan localities.

Distribution and Habitat
Phyllotheca australis was common throughout Gondwana, and is a reliable index fossil of the Upper Permian of Australia to South Africa.

Reference
twitter.com/ognimdo2002/status…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloth…
academic.oup.com/botlinnean/ar…
www.sciencedirect.com/science/…
www.mindat.org/taxon-P271011.h…
www.researchgate.net/figure/Ph…

This drawing or photo was made by Ognimdo2002.