Synonym: Clasteria Dana 1849
Parent taxon: Glossopteridales according to A. B. Doweld 2012
See also Andrews 1970, Chandra and Tewari 1991 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Arberiaceae, Jambadostrobus, Ottokaria, Ghoshialepis, Partha, Khania, Cistella, Kendostrobus, Plumsteadiostrobus, Eretmonia, Gondwanolepis, Denkania, Mahudaea, Bankolaea, Scopus, Scutum, Venustostrobus, Plumsteadia, Dictyopteridium, Schopfia, Lidgettonia, Indocarpus
Subtaxa: Vertebraria australis Vertebraria gondwanensis Vertebraria indica Vertebraria myelonis Vertebraria radiata Vertebraria raniganjensis
Distribution:
• Triassic of India (5 collections)
• Permian of Antarctica (10), Australia (36), Brazil (1), China (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), India (74), Papua New Guinea (1), South Africa (3), Tanzania (2), Uruguay (1), Zambia (1), Zimbabwe (5)
• Carboniferous of India (1)
Total: 142 collections including 148 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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