Gymnospermae - Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Synonyms: Arthrotaxopsis expansa Fontaine 1906, Sphenolepidium dentifolium Fontaine 1889, Sphenolepidium recurvifolium Fontaine 1889
Belongs to Sequoia according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Sequoia acuminata, Sequoia acutifolia, Sequoia affinis, Sequoia albertensis, Sequoia angustifolia, Sequoia bowerbankii, Sequoia brevifolia, Sequoia burgessii, Sequoia charlottensis, Sequoia concinna, Sequoia condita, Sequoia couttsiae, Sequoia cuneata, Sequoia cycadopsis, Sequoia delicatula, Sequoia fairbanksi, Sequoia fastigiata, Sequoia formosa, Sequoia gracilis, Sequoia gracillima, Sequoia heerii, Sequoia heterophylla, Sequoia jeholensis, Sequoia langsdorfii, Sequoia longifolia, Sequoia magnifica, Sequoia magnifolia, Sequoia maguanensis, Sequoia minor, Sequoia nordenskioeldii, Sequoia obovata, Sequoia pagiophylloides, Sequoia penhallowi, Sequoia reichenbachi, Sequoia rigida, Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoia smittiana, Sequoia spinosa, Sequoia winchellii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alabama collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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