Parent taxon: Gymnospermophyta according to Pierce 1961
See also Vallati et al. 2016 and Vallati et al. 2020
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, Svalbardoxylon, Pteridospermopsida, Perinopollenites, Lagenospermopsida, Majsassia, Cycadinoxylon, Parcisporites, Cedripites, Paradoxoxylon, Amdrupia, Pilasporites, Galeacornea, Yorkoxylon, Solenoxylon, Gnetaceaepollenites, Enzonalasporites, Embergerixylon, Eddya, Menaispermae, Exesipollenites, Tungussocarpus, Lasiostrobus, Tordoxylon, Parataxopitys, Darneya, Ktalenia, Ashmoripollis, Yezonia, Protopitys, Striomonosaccites, Prototaxodioxylon, Falcisporites, Antarcticoxylon, Taeniopitys, Lobatoxylon, Indusiisporites, Protopolyporoxylon, Accintisporites, Trisocladus, Protocircoporoxylon, Taxacites, Decussosporites, Cerebropollenites, Shanbeipollenites, Sofrepites, Dinophyton, Zonallapollenites, Minutosaccus, Alisporites, Pteridospermaexylon, Reticulopitys, Scotoxylon
Subtaxa: Rugubivesiculites rugosus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (3), China (1), North Atlantic (5), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: New Jersey, South Carolina)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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