Pinopsida - Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
Parent taxon: Pinales according to D.J. Mabberley 2000
See also Christophel 1976 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Amydrostrobus, Bartholinodendron, Buriadiaceae, Cephalotaxaceae, Cycadocarpidiaceae, Frenelites, Glenrosa, Gomphostrobus, Heidiphyllum, Hoegisporis, Juniperites, Lebachiaceae, Pandanocarpum, Pinaceae, Protolarix, Striaestrobus, Striatotaxus, Taxaceae, Taxodiaceae, Trioolepis, Widdringtonites, Xenoxylon
Subtaxa: Sciadopitophyllum Sciadopitycutis Sciadopitys
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Germany (12), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (8: Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta)
• Jurassic of Norway (1)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence