Parent taxon: Cupressaceae according to Y.-S. Liu et al. 1996
See also Andrews 1970, Hickey 1977 and Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Actinostrobus, Athrotaxidoideae, Austrohamia, Bungarbia, Callitroideae, Calocedrus, Calycocarpus, Chamaecyparioxylon, Cryptomeria, Cunninghamioideae, Cupressaceoovulites, Cupressinites, Cupressistrobus, Cupressoideae, Cupressospermum, Ditaxocladus, Drumhellera, Heterocladiscos, Heyderia, Juniperoxylon, Mesocyparis, Metacupressinoxylon, Microbiota, Monarophyllum, Neocallitropsis, Palaeocallitroxylon, Patagotaxodia, Pilgerodendron, Platycladus, Protocupressinoxylon, Sabina, Sequoiadendron, Sequoioideae, Sequoioxylon, Taiwanioideae, Taxodioideae, Taxodioxylon, Tetraclinis, Tetraclinoxylon, Thujadendron, Thujatostrobus, Widdringtonia
Subtaxa: Thuites alaskensis Thuites ehrenswaerdi Thuites interruptus Thuites meriani
Type: Thuites alienus
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: British Columbia)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Peru (1)
• Triassic of Germany (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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