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