Parent taxon: Bennettitales according to J. Watson and C. A. Sincock 1992
See also Andrews 1970, Chandra and Tewari 1991 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Amarjolia, Anomozamites, Bennettistemon, Bennettitaceae, Bennettitaepollenites, Bennettiteaepollenites, Bennettitolepis, Bysmatospermum, Coreanophyllum, Cycadeospermum, Cycadolepis, Dictyozamites, Guptioxylon, Leguminanthus, Lerouxia, Moltenia, Monanthesia, Nilssoniopteris, Ontheanthus, Ontheostrobus, Otozamites, Palaeanthus, Piroconites, Pseudocycas, Pterophyllum, Ptilophyllum, Purioxylon, Rajmahalia, Sahnioxylon, Sturiella, Tyrmia, Tysonia, Vardekloeftia, Weltrichia, Wielandiella, Williamsonia, Williamsoniaceae, Williamsonianthus, Williamsoniella, Wonnacottia, Zamites
Subtaxa: Bennetticarpus oxylepidus
Type: Bennetticarpus oxylepidus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (1 collection)
• Jurassic of India (2)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Sweden (1)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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