Equisetopsida - Pinidae - Pinidae
Synonym: Cheirolepis Schimper 1870 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Cheirolepidiaceae according to M. Barbacka et al. 2007
See also Andrews 1970, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Schimper 1870
Sister taxa: Classopollis, Cupressinocladus, Dicheiropollis, Frenelopsis, Pararaucaria, Pseudofrenelopsis, Watsoniocladus
Subtaxa: Cheirolepis latus Hirmeriella muensteri Hirmeriella rhatoliassica
Type: Hirmeriella rhatoliassica
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), India (3), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (7)
• Triassic to Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
• Triassic of China (2), Hungary (1), Poland (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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