Family Atherospermataceae Brown 1814

Angiospermae - Laurales - Atherospermataceae

Parent taxon: Laurales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Kershaw et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Calycanthaceae, Crassidenticulum, Densinervum, Gomortegaceae, Hernandiaceae, Landonia, Lauraceae, Monimiaceae, Olmosoxylon, Pabiania, Pandemophyllum, Patagoxylon, Siparunaceae, Tetrantheroidea, Timothyia

Subtaxa: Atherosperma Atherospermophyllum Daphnandra Doryphora Laurelia

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (7 collections)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (2)

• Paleogene of Chile (1)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)

Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences

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