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Australoxylon is a form genus of glossopterid fossil wood, including massive tree trunks. It occurs throughout the Permian.

Description
Australoxylon is similar in structure to the wood found in moddern conifers, and is characterized by clustered pits.

Systematics
In the past, Australoxylon was included in the wastebasket taxon Dadoxylon. However, instead of belonging to the conifer family Araucariaceae, Australoxylon is instead associated with Glossopteris.

Species

 * Australoxylon lukugense
 * Australoxylon natalense Marguerier 1973 [=Dadoxylon sp.1]: Ecca Group, South Africa, Botswana and Saudi Arabia
 * Australoxylon nicholii
 * Australoxylon teixeirae Marguerier 1973 [=Dadoxylon arberi, D. sp.1]: Ecca Group to Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone, Middleton and Normandien Formation, Middle Beaufort Group, South Africa, and Ecca Group to Madumabisa Mudstone Formation, Zambia

Distribution
It has been found in many parts of the Southern Hemisphere, including southern Africa, the Middle East, India and Antarctica.