Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Parent taxon: Menispermaceae according to M. E. J. Chandler 1978
See also Chandler 1961, Chandler 1962, Chandler 1963 and Chandler 1964
Sister taxa: Bowerbankella, Calkinsia, Canticocculus, Carronia, Cebatha, Chandlera, Cissampelos, Cocculeae, Cocculites, Cocculophyllum, Cocculus, Diploclisia, Entoneuron, Eohypserpa, Fibraureae, Frintonia, Goweri, Hyalosepalum, Hyperbaena, Hypserpa, Martinmuellera, Menispermaphyllum, Menispermeae, Menispermicarpum, Menispermites, Menispermoxylon, Menispina, Microtinomiscium, Odontocaryoidea, Palaeococculus, Palaeosinomenium, Parabaena, Pericampylus, Rhytidocaryon, Stephania, Syntrisepalum, Tinomiscoidea, Tinospora, Tinosporeae, Wardenia, Wardensheppeya, Wilkinsoniphyllum
Subtaxa: Davisicarpum Menispermum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1 collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence