Parent taxon: Bennettitales according to J. Watson and C. A. Sincock 1992
See also Chandra and Tewari 1991 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Amarjolia, Anomozamites, Bennetticarpus, 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, Wielandiella, Williamsonia, Williamsoniaceae, Williamsonianthus, Williamsoniella, Wonnacottia, Zamites
Subtaxa: Weltrichia harrisiana Weltrichia mirabilis Weltrichia santalensis Weltrichia singhii
Type: Weltrichia mirabilis
Distribution:
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (1), India (4), Italy (1), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), Romania (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Montana)
• Triassic of Austria (1), China (1), France (1), Mexico (5), South Africa (3), Ukraine (2)
Total: 33 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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