Parent taxon: Gymnospermophyta according to Couper 1958
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, Cerebropollenites, Protopolyporoxylon, Exesipollenites, Protocircoporoxylon, Accintisporites, Pteridospermaexylon, Falcisporites, Paradoxoxylon, Eddya, Alisporites, Zonallapollenites, Cycadinoxylon, Shanbeipollenites, Protopitys, Yorkoxylon, Sofrepites, Lasiostrobus, Parcisporites, Cedripites, Yezonia, Embergerixylon, Solenoxylon, Gnetaceaepollenites, Taxacites, Antarcticoxylon, Amdrupia, Menaispermae, Rugubivesiculites, Enzonalasporites, Indusiisporites, Tordoxylon, Scotoxylon, Darneya, Lagenospermopsida, Majsassia, Ktalenia, Prototaxodioxylon, Squamae, Tungussocarpus, Pteridospermopsida, Galeacornea, Parataxopitys, Dinophyton, Pilasporites, Striomonosaccites, Taeniopitys, Trisocladus, Lobatoxylon, Svalbardoxylon, Decussosporites, Minutosaccus, Reticulopitys, Ashmoripollis
Subtaxa: Perinopollenites elatoides
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of New Zealand (4 collections)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), Morocco (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: South Carolina)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), France (2), Switzerland (1)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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