Parent taxon: Gymnospermophyta according to Balme 1957
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, Protopolyporoxylon, Galeacornea, Rugubivesiculites, Enzonalasporites, Yorkoxylon, Dinophyton, Squamae, Cycadinoxylon, Prototaxodioxylon, Gnetaceaepollenites, Antarcticoxylon, Taxacites, Perinopollenites, Lasiostrobus, Accintisporites, Paradoxoxylon, Falcisporites, Lobatoxylon, Svalbardoxylon, Eddya, Protopitys, Reticulopitys, Indusiisporites, Scotoxylon, Tungussocarpus, Zonallapollenites, Yezonia, Shanbeipollenites, Pteridospermopsida, Solenoxylon, Protocircoporoxylon, Parcisporites, Majsassia, Cedripites, Decussosporites, Pilasporites, Menaispermae, Minutosaccus, Pteridospermaexylon, Embergerixylon, Darneya, Alisporites, Striomonosaccites, Tordoxylon, Amdrupia, Ashmoripollis, Ktalenia, Cerebropollenites, Sofrepites, Taeniopitys, Parataxopitys, Lagenospermopsida, Trisocladus
Subtaxa: Exesipollenites scabratus Exesipollenites scabrosus Exesipollenites tumulosus Exesipollenites tumulus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Colombia (3), Morocco (1), North Atlantic (5), Pakistan (1), South Sudan (2), United States (2: Maryland, Virginia)
• Jurassic of India (1), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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