Parent taxon: Medullosaceae according to R. Serbet et al. 2006
See also Andrews 1970 and Dilcher et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Aulacotheca, Bernaultia, Boulayatheca, Codonotheca, Colpoxylon, Dolerotheca, Goldenbergia, Halletheca, Mariopteris, Medullosa, Murielatheca, Myelopithys, Myelopteris, Neuropteris, Parasporotheca, Porosus, Potoniea, Pseudomariopteris, Rhetinotheca, Saharatheca, Schopfitheca, Stenzelia, Stewartiotheca, Sullitheca, Sutcliffia, Weissites, Whittleseyinae
Subtaxa: Whittleseya elegans
Type: Whittleseya elegans
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: New Brunswick collection), United States (12: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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