Parent taxon: Podocarpaceae according to D. C. Christophel and D. R. Greenwood 1987
See also Chauhan 1991, Knowlton 1919 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Acmopyle, Apterocladus, Bellarinea, Callialasporites, Coronelia, Cuneatisporites, Dacrycarpidites, Dacrycarpites, Dacrycarpus, Dacrydioxylon, Dacrydium, Dacrydiumites, Decussocarpus, Elatocladus, Falcatifolium, Gamerroites, Halocarpus, Huncocladus, Kakahuia, Kirketapel, Lagarostrobos, Lepidothamnus, Lygistepollenites, Matia, Mesembrioxylon, Mesibovia, Microalatidites, Microcachrydites, Microcachryidites, Microcachrys, Microstrobos, Minetaxites, Morenoa, Mumu, Nothodacrium, Parvisaccites, Peuce, Phrixipollenites, Phyllocladidites, Phyllocladoxylon, Phyllocladus, Platysaccus, Podocarpidites, Podocarpoovulites, Podocarpoxylon, Podosporites, Podozamites, Prumnopitys, Retrophyllum, Rissikia, Saxegothopsis, Sigmaphyllum, Smithtonia, Sphaerostrobus, Triasococladus, Trisaccites, Willungia
Subtaxa: Podocarpus araucoensis Podocarpus fildesensis Podocarpus inopinatus Podocarpus platyphyllum Podocarpus sinuatus Podocarpus stantoni Podocarpus travisiae Podocarpus witherdenensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (45 collections), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (1), Tanzania (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of Bolivia (2), Panama (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (3)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Costa Rica (1), New Zealand (4), Poland (2), United States (7: Maryland, Massachusetts)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Azerbaijan (1), India (1), Puerto Rico (2), United States (1: Virginia)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Chile (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (4), Australia (5), Chile (4), Japan (4), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (13: Louisiana)
• Paleogene of Chile (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4), Japan (2), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (2: Nunavut)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Triassic of China (1)
Total: 136 collections including 145 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.