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