Parent taxon: Caytoniales according to E. I. Vera et al. 2022
See also Deaf et al. 2014 and Jarzen 1982
Sister taxa: Amphorispermum, Caytoniaceae, Gristhorpia, Microcheiris, Pseudosagenopteris, Scoresbya
Subtaxa: Vitreisporites pallidus Vitreisporites pustulosus Vitreisporites rajmahalensis Vitreisporites signatus
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (1), United States (6: California)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (13), Argentina (14), Australia (13), Brazil (1), Canada (6: Alberta), Chile (4), China (1), North Atlantic (6), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: North Dakota)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), France (2), India (1), Montenegro (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Ireland (3), Israel (2), Italy (1), the Netherlands (2), Norway (7), United States (1: New Mexico)
• Rotliegendes of Norway (1)
• Permian of Antarctica (1), Germany (7), Italy (1), Norway (2), Poland (5)
Total: 114 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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