Pityanthus Nathorst 1899

Gymnospermae - Coniferales

Parent taxon: Coniferales according to H. N. Andrews 1970

Sister taxa: Aachenia, Abietites, Abietopitys, Allocladus, Alostrobus, Ammatopsis, Androvettia, Anomaspis, Anthodium, Apterostrobus, Araucarineae, Arauspiropitys, Arautamyelon, Athrotaxites, Atlanticoxylon, Aulacolepis, Australoxylon, Baliostichus, Bardella, Biarmodendron, Bilsdalea, Brachyphyllaceae, Brunswickia, Buriadia, Callipitys, Catervoxylon, Cedrostrobus, Cephalotaxites, Ceratoxylon, Chapmanoxylon, Circulina, Compsostrobaceae, Coniferaepites, Coniferipites, Coniferocaulon, Coniferomyelon, Crossotolepis, Cupressaceae, Cupressinanthus, Cupressinostrobus, Cupressinoxylon, Cyclopitys, Dactylethrophyllum, Dactyolepis, Dechellyia, Desmiophyllum, Diplostrobus, Distichophyllites, Echinostrobus, Entomolepis, Ernestiodendron, Eugeinitzia, Europoxylon, Feildenia, Feildeniopsis, Fraxinopsis, Fricia, Fuchselia, Germanophyton, Glyptolepis, Haiburnia, Harrisiophyllum, Harrisostrobus, Heterolepis, Indophyllum, Kendoxylon, Keteleerioxylon, Kettneria, Lecrosia, Lelestrobus, Lepidostrobus, Libocedroxylon, Marwaria, Mehtaia, Microlepidium, Nematocaulis, Nematofolium, Nematoglobus, Nematopetiolus, Nematoxylon, Nipanioruha, Nipaniostrobus, Ortiseia, Pachylepis, Palaeocedrus, Palaeolepis, Palaeopiceoxylon, Palaeospiroxylon, Palaeotaxus, Palissyaceae, Papaninia, Paracatervoxylon, Paranocladus, Parapalaeospiroxylon, Pararaucariaceae, Parasequoia, Passalostrobus, Petrophiloides, Phacolepis, Phyllocladopsis, Physematopitys, Piceites, Piceophyllum, Pinostrobus, Pityoidolepis, Planoxylon, Plutonia, Podocarpaceae, Podostrobus, Protoginkgoxylon, Protospiroxylon, Pseudopinus, Ptenostrobus, Quadrocladus, Ranaoxylon, Raritania, Retinosporites, Rhenania, Rhipidiocladus, Romeroites, Ruehleostachys, Samaropsis, Satpuria, Schidolepium, Schizolepis, Searsolia, Sequoiopsis, Sequoipsis, Sequoites, Sitholeya, Smeystersia, Solenopitys, Spermatostrobus, Sphenaspis, Spondylostrobus, Squama, Stabbarpia, Stachycarpites, Stenorhachis, Strobilites, Strobilostrobus, Szecladia, Taxodiaceaepollenites, Taxodiella, Taxodineae, Taxodites, Taxulus, Telephragmoxylon, Tomaxellia, Torreyites, Tricranolepis, Tsugites, Uralodendron, Voltziaceaesporites, Voltzioxylon, Walchianthus, Walchiopremnon, Walkomiella, Walkomiellospermum, Widdringtonoxylon, Xantholithus, Yatsenkoxylon, Yezostrobus, Zeugophyllites, Zygophillites

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Scalby Ness Plant Bed (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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