Full reference: S. Jardiné. 1967. Spores a expansion en forme d'élateres du Crétacé moyen d'Afrique Occidentale. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 1:235-258
Parent taxon: Gymnospermophyta according to S. Jardiné 1967
Sister taxa: Aethophyllum, Alatocarpus, Allicospermum, Araucariales, Arberiella, Archaeosperma, Barakaroxylon, Belemnopteris, Bennettitales, Birsinghpuria, Bulbospermum, Cardiocarpum, Carpodium, Collospermum, Coniferae, Coniferales, Cordaitopsida, Cornucarpus, Cupressoconus, Damudoxylon, Entylissa, Gondwanophyllites, Indoxylon, Kamthioxylon, Kaokoxylon, Kryshtofovichiella, Lyginopteridopsida, Maheshwariella, Megaporoxylon, Nandorioxylon, Nidispermum, Niponophyllum, Nummulospermum, Otofeistia, Pakuriospermum, Palaeocarpus, Palispermum, Pantiaspermum, Paradoxospermum, Parapalaeoxylon, Platycardia, Polyloboxylon, Polysolenoxylon, Prototaxopitys, Prototaxoxylon, Pyriformispermum, Retortistoma, Rotundaspermum, Savitrispermum, Scirroma, Sclerospiroxylon, Sertostrobus, Shivacarpus, Sonajorispermum, Stephanostoma, Stereocarpus, Sujfunophyllum, Surangephyllum, Tanaidia, Tanaidocarpidium, Taxaliospermum, Taxineae, Taxopitys, Triangulospermum, Trigonomyelon, Uesuguipollenites, Voltziostrobus, Zalesskioxylon, Yezonia, Ashmoripollis, Amdrupia, Majsassia, Eddya, Alisporites, Protopolyporoxylon, Yorkoxylon, Embergerixylon, Taxacites, Accintisporites, Shanbeipollenites, Cerebropollenites, Antarcticoxylon, Pteridospermopsida, Paradoxoxylon, Pilasporites, Striomonosaccites, Prototaxodioxylon, Zonallapollenites, Menaispermae, Taeniopitys, Decussosporites, Lasiostrobus, Parcisporites, Tordoxylon, Rugubivesiculites, Galeacornea, Reticulopitys, Lagenospermopsida, Svalbardoxylon, Parataxopitys, Protopitys, Squamae, Indusiisporites, Ktalenia, Trisocladus, Falcisporites, Enzonalasporites, Cycadinoxylon, Tungussocarpus, Perinopollenites, Darneya, Solenoxylon, Dinophyton, Minutosaccus, Scotoxylon, Cedripites, Protocircoporoxylon, Pteridospermaexylon, Exesipollenites, Lobatoxylon, Gnetaceaepollenites
Subtaxa: Sofrepites legouxae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Neogene of China (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (5), Egypt (3), Ghana (3), Morocco (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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