Equisetopsida - Pinidae - Pinidae
Synonym: Kaidacarpum Carruthers 1868
Parent taxon: Araucariaceae according to G. R. Upchurch et al. 1994
See also Andrews 1970, Chandler 1961, Chandler 1961, Chandler 1963, Chandler 1964, Chandra and Tewari 1991, Knowlton 1919 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Agathis, Agathoxylon, Alkastrobus, Araucaria, Araucariacites, Araucarioides, Araucariopitys, Araucariorhiza, Araucarioxylon, Balmeiopsis, Balmeisporites, Brachyphyllum, Cyclusphaera, Dadoxylon, Dammara, Dammarites, Dammaroxylon, Dilwynites, Mesopitys, Mohgaostrobus, Moranocladus, Pagiophyllum, Primaraucaria, Proaraucaria, Protodammara, Sarcostrobilus, Wairarapaia, Walchiaraucaria, Woodworthia
Subtaxa: Araucarites aquiensis Araucarites bindrabunensis Araucarites chiquito Araucarites cuneatus Araucarites cutchensis Araucarites fibrosa Araucarites goepperti Araucarites indica Araucarites janaianus Araucarites macropterus Araucarites minutus Araucarites mittrii Araucarites nipaniensis Araucarites ooliticum Araucarites ovatus Araucarites parsorensis Araucarites patapscoensis Araucarites pennsylvanicus Araucarites sehoraensis Araucarites selseyensis Araucarites virginicus Araucarites wyomingensis Araucarites yorkensis Araucarites zeilleri
Type: Araucarites goepperti
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
• Motuan of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), India (15), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (11), United States (19: Montana, New Mexico, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Chile (1), India (5)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Argentina (8), China (2), France (10), Georgia (2), Germany (4), India (26), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), New Zealand (3), the Russian Federation (4), Sri Lanka (1), Switzerland (1), Tajikistan (2), the United Kingdom (16), Uzbekistan (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (1), China (2), Germany (1), India (2), the Russian Federation (2)
• Permian of Australia (1), Brazil (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (9: Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 166 collections including 202 occurrences
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