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
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