Equisetopsida - Pinidae - Pinidae
Parent taxon: Araucariaceae according to S. Archangelsky 1977
See also Villar de Seoane and Archangelsky 2008
Sister taxa: Agathis, Agathoxylon, Alkastrobus, Araucaria, Araucariacites, Araucarioides, Araucariopitys, Araucariorhiza, Araucarioxylon, Araucarites, Balmeiopsis, Brachyphyllum, Cyclusphaera, Dadoxylon, Dammara, Dammarites, Dammaroxylon, Dilwynites, Mesopitys, Mohgaostrobus, Moranocladus, Pagiophyllum, Primaraucaria, Proaraucaria, Protodammara, Sarcostrobilus, Wairarapaia, Walchiaraucaria, Woodworthia
Subtaxa: Balmeisporites auriculatus Balmeisporites glenelgensis Balmeisporites holodictyus Balmeisporites limbatus Balmeisporites tridictyus
Type: Balmeisporites holodictyus
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Canada (2: Alberta collections)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Australia (15), Canada (105: Alberta, British Columbia, Nunavut), Egypt (24), Libya (1), Peru (3), United States (2: Iowa, New Jersey)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Egypt (1)
Total: 156 collections including 172 occurrences
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