Scopus Benecke 1976

Arberiopsida - Arberiales

Full reference: A. K. Benecke. 1976. Several new forms of Glossopteris fructifications from the Beaufort Daptocephalus-Zone (Upper Permian) of Natal, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 19:97-125

Parent taxon: Glossopteridales according to A. K. Benecke 1976

Sister taxa: Arberiaceae, Indocarpus, Partha, Bankolaea, Scutum, Gondwanolepis, Jambadostrobus, Ghoshialepis, Cistella, Schopfia, Plumsteadia, Dictyopteridium, Eretmonia, Vertebraria, Mahudaea, Lidgettonia, Khania, Kendostrobus, Ottokaria, Venustostrobus, Denkania, Plumsteadiostrobus

Subtaxa: Scopus confertus Scopus didiscus Scopus gibbosus Scopus obscurus

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Type: Scopus gibbosus

Distribution: found only at Loskop (Permian of South Africa)

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