Parent taxon: Angiospermae according to N. Frederiksen et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Aachenoxylon, Acer florigerum, Aceriphyllum, Achaenites, Actinidiophyllum, Aesculiphyllum, Afropollis, Amborellales, Ameghinoites, Ancoraecarpon, Anthites, Appomatoxia, Araliophyllum, Araliphyllum, Archaefructaceae, Aulacoxylon, Austrobaileyales, Berendtia, Bresciphyllum, Cantia, Carolites, Carpantholithes, Carpiniphyllum, Carpolithus, Cedrelospermites, Chondrophyton, Cinnamomiphyllum, Complexiopollis, Coronicutis, Corylocarpinus, Costicutis, Cucubalites, Dejaxpollenites, Dicotyledoneae, Dieune, Dodonaeaecarpum, Eorhiza, Ettingshausenia, Euanthus, Finiversicutis, Flabellicula, Globocarpon, Glossocarpellites, Hamamelidoxylon, Hesperidophyllum, Intuticutis, Involucrum, Juglandiphyllum, Lagenella, Lagenoidea, Lamids, Lappacarpus, Lausaticutis, Leyrida, Limnophyllum, Magnoliids, Mastixiaceae, Mesangiosperms, Monocarpellites, Monocotyledoneae, Montsechia, Montsechites, Morophyllum, Mulleroxylon, Naiadaceae, Nymphaeales, Ochthodocaryon, Oculopollis, Ornoxylon, Palackya, Pandanophyllum, Papillopollis, Patagoflora, Pataloxylon, Phyllodermium, Pilicoronicutis, Pilisolicutis, Plantaginopsis, Platycoila, Pleiacron, Plicapollis, Proteophyllum, Proteopsis, Protorchis, Pseudoplicapollis, Qingganninginfructus, Retimonocolpites, Rhamnophyllum, Rhoedales, Rhoophyllum, Riboidoxylon, Ronzocarpon, Rosenkrantzia, Rosids, Rottia, Sabulia, Sahnipushpam, Salicinoxylon, Salicites, Santalacites, Sassendorfites, Saxonicutis, Schafhautlia, Semioculopollis, Sendelia, Sezannia, Silicophyllum, Sjogrenia, Staphidoides, Statzia, Staubia, Stephanoxylon, Suevioxylon, Symphorocarpophyllum, Tetracolpites, Tetrapollis, Tetraporopollenites, Thuringicutis, Triphyllum, Triplicarpus, Trudopollis, Tubericutis, Virgaticutis, Wessexia, Woburnia, Xulinosprionites, Yubaria
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (16: Alabama, Alaska, California, Mississippi, Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (10: Alaska, California)
• Paleocene of Canada (4: Manitoba), United States (69: Alaska, California, Mississippi, Missouri, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (9: Alaska)
Total: 108 collections including 114 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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