Parent taxon: Gymnospermophyta according to Daugherty 1941
See also Jarzen 1982 and Krassilov 1982
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, Rugubivesiculites, Ashmoripollis, Cycadinoxylon, Accintisporites, Scotoxylon, Dinophyton, Pteridospermaexylon, Embergerixylon, Protopitys, Protopolyporoxylon, Cedripites, Pilasporites, Reticulopitys, Majsassia, Sofrepites, Cerebropollenites, Exesipollenites, Darneya, Indusiisporites, Zonallapollenites, Perinopollenites, Eddya, Ktalenia, Protocircoporoxylon, Solenoxylon, Svalbardoxylon, Pteridospermopsida, Shanbeipollenites, Paradoxoxylon, Galeacornea, Antarcticoxylon, Menaispermae, Trisocladus, Decussosporites, Parcisporites, Lagenospermopsida, Parataxopitys, Falcisporites, Tordoxylon, Striomonosaccites, Taxacites, Tungussocarpus, Minutosaccus, Lasiostrobus, Gnetaceaepollenites, Taeniopitys, Squamae, Yezonia, Enzonalasporites, Amdrupia, Yorkoxylon, Lobatoxylon, Prototaxodioxylon
Subtaxa: Alisporites alimentosus Alisporites auriculiformis Alisporites australis Alisporites baskoensis Alisporites bilateralis Alisporites elongatus Alisporites grandis Alisporites grauvogeli Alisporites grobus Alisporites hemiglobosaccatus Alisporites indicus Alisporites jurassicus Alisporites lowoodensis Alisporites maximus Alisporites minutus Alisporites oblongus Alisporites parvus Alisporites phaselosaccatus Alisporites rajmahalensis Alisporites similis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Southern Ocean (9)
• Paleocene of China (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (14), Argentina (3), Australia (29), Austria (1), Canada (6: Alberta), China (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (1), India (2), Libya (1), North Atlantic (6), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New Jersey, North Dakota)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (2)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Canada (1: Nunavut), France (2), India (5), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Triassic of Antarctica (3), Canada (1: Alberta), China (1), Hungary (9), India (3), Israel (11), Italy (1), Luxembourg (1), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (2), Norway (2), Spain (1), Türkiye (1), United States (4: New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia)
• Rotliegendes of Norway (9)
• Permian of Canada (3: Alberta, Nunavut), Czechia (1), Germany (14), Hungary (2), India (3), Italy (7), Norway (5), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (11: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Arizona)
• Carboniferous of United States (9: Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico)
Total: 212 collections including 264 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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