Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
Parent taxon: Menispermaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Andrews 1970, Hickey 1977 and Liu et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Bowerbankella, Calkinsia, Canticocculus, Carronia, Cebatha, Chandlera, Cissampelos, Cocculeae, Cocculinae, Cocculites, Cocculophyllum, Cocculus, Diploclisia, Entoneuron, Eohypserpa, Fibraureae, Frintonia, Goweri, Hyperbaena, Hypserpa, Martinmuellera, Menispermaphyllum, Menispermeae, Menispermicarpum, Menispermoxylon, Menispina, Microtinomiscium, Odontocaryoidea, Palaeococculus, Palaeosinomenium, Parabaena, Pericampylus, Rhytidocaryon, Stephania, Syntrisepalum, Tinomiscoidea, Tinospora, Tinosporeae, Wardenia, Wardensheppeya, Wilkinsoniphyllum
Subtaxa: Menispermites acutilobus Menispermites borealis Menispermites brysoniana Menispermites calderensis Menispermites californicus Menispermites cyclophyllus Menispermites grandis Menispermites integrifolia Menispermites menispermifolius Menispermites obtusiloba Menispermites ovalis Menispermites parvareolatus Menispermites populifolius Menispermites potomacensis Menispermites reniformis Menispermites rugosus Menispermites salinae Menispermites trilobatus Menispermites variabilis Menispermites wardianus Menispermites wilcoxensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (1 collection), United States (21: Washington, Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of China (1), Colombia (13)
• Cretaceous of Canada (9: Alberta, British Columbia), the Russian Federation (14), United States (4: Georgia, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 66 collections including 77 occurrences
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