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, Pteridospermaexylon, Solenoxylon, Minutosaccus, Indusiisporites, Striomonosaccites, Ktalenia, Darneya, Lagenospermopsida, Pteridospermopsida, Svalbardoxylon, Reticulopitys, Parataxopitys, Ashmoripollis, Galeacornea, Rugubivesiculites, Cedripites, Zonallapollenites, Eddya, Taxacites, Perinopollenites, Accintisporites, Taeniopitys, Dinophyton, Protopitys, Lasiostrobus, Squamae, Alisporites, Antarcticoxylon, Protocircoporoxylon, Protopolyporoxylon, Tordoxylon, Cerebropollenites, Lobatoxylon, Trisocladus, Gnetaceaepollenites, Exesipollenites, Menaispermae, Parcisporites, Yezonia, Falcisporites, Yorkoxylon, Enzonalasporites, Decussosporites, Paradoxoxylon, Prototaxodioxylon, Majsassia, Cycadinoxylon, Tungussocarpus, Amdrupia, Embergerixylon, Shanbeipollenites, Pilasporites, Scotoxylon
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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