†Pterospermum Arber 1914
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Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Parent taxon: Sterculiaceae according to M. Prasad 2008
See also Andrews 1970 and Antal and Awasthi 1993
Sister taxa: Brachychiton, Byttneriophyllum, Commersonia, Dombeya, Dombeyoxylon, Firmianites, Fremontia, Heritiera, Penosphyllum, Pterospermites, Pterospermoxylon, Reevesia, Sezannella, Sphinxia, Sterculia, Sterculinium, Sterculiocarpus, Sterculioxylon, Sterculioxylon, Sterculiphyllum, Tarrietioxylon, Triplochitioxylon
Subtaxa: Pterospermum anglicum Pterospermum palaeoheyneanum Pterospermum siwalicum
Type: Pterospermum anglicum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Right bank of Ghish River, Oodlabari (Miocene to Pliocene of India)
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