Angiospermae - Archaefructaceae
Full reference: G. Sun, Q. Ji, D. L. Dilcher, S. Zheng, K. C. Nixon and X. Wang. 2002. Archaefructaceae, a New Basal Angiosperm Family. Science 296:899-904
Parent taxon: Angiospermae according to G. Sun et al. 2002
See also Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Aachenoxylon, Acer florigerum, Aceriphyllum, Achaenites, Actinidiophyllum, Aesculiphyllum, Afropollis, Amborellales, Ameghinoites, Ancoraecarpon, Anthites, Appomatoxia, Araliophyllum, Araliphyllum, Aulacoxylon, Austrobaileyales, Berendtia, Bresciphyllum, Cantia, Carolites, Carpantholithes, Carpiniphyllum, Carpolithus, Cedrelospermites, Chondrophyton, Cinnamomiphyllum, Coronicutis, Corylocarpinus, Costicutis, Cucubalites, Dejaxpollenites, Dicotyledoneae, Dieune, Dodonaeaecarpum, Eorhiza, Ettingshausenia, Euanthus, Evodioxylon, Finiversicutis, Flabellicula, Globocarpon, Glossocarpellites, Hamamelidoxylon, Hesperidophyllum, Intuticutis, Involucrum, Jordania, Juglandiphyllum, Lagenella, Lagenoidea, Lamids, Lappacarpus, Lausaticutis, Leyrida, Limnophyllum, Magnoliids, Mesangiosperms, Monocarpellites, Monocotyledoneae, Montsechia, Montsechites, Morophyllum, Mulleroxylon, Naiadaceae, Nymphaeales, Ochthodocaryon, Ornoxylon, Palackya, Pandanophyllum, Papillopollis, Pataloxylon, Phyllodermium, Pilicoronicutis, Pilisolicutis, Plantaginopsis, Platycoila, Pleiacron, Proteophyllum, Proteopsis, Protorchis, Retimonocolpites, Rhamnophyllum, Rhoedales, Rhoophyllum, Riboidoxylon, Rohlfsia, Ronzocarpon, Rosenkrantzia, Rosids, Rottia, Sabulia, Sahnipushpam, Salicinoxylon, Salicites, Sassendorfites, Saxonicutis, Schafhautlia, Sendelia, Sezannia, Silicophyllum, Sjogrenia, Staphidoides, Statzia, Staubia, Stephanoxylon, Suevioxylon, Symphorocarpophyllum, Ternstroemioxylon, Tetracolpites, Tetrapollis, Tetraporopollenites, Thuringicutis, Triphyllum, Triplicarpus, Tubericutis, Virgaticutis, Wessexia, Woburnia, Xulinosprionites, Yubaria
Subtaxa: Archaefructus
Type: Archaefructus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Jianshangou Bed (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of China)