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, Zonallapollenites, Paradoxoxylon, Pteridospermaexylon, Shanbeipollenites, Protopitys, Parcisporites, Parataxopitys, Squamae, Scotoxylon, Majsassia, Lagenospermopsida, Prototaxodioxylon, Reticulopitys, Alisporites, Amdrupia, Cycadinoxylon, Solenoxylon, Yorkoxylon, Yezonia, Embergerixylon, Sofrepites, Indusiisporites, Ktalenia, Eddya, Darneya, Pilasporites, Pteridospermopsida, Accintisporites, Striomonosaccites, Falcisporites, Ashmoripollis, Antarcticoxylon, Perinopollenites, Svalbardoxylon, Cerebropollenites, Protopolyporoxylon, Lasiostrobus, Galeacornea, Tordoxylon, Taxacites, Enzonalasporites, Lobatoxylon, Taeniopitys, Gnetaceaepollenites, Minutosaccus, Protocircoporoxylon, Decussosporites, Dinophyton, Rugubivesiculites, Cedripites, Tungussocarpus, Trisocladus, Menaispermae
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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