Class Pinopsida Burnett 1833 (conifer)
Synonym: Coniferopsida
Parent taxon: Pinophyta according to A. B. Doweld 2001
See also Hueber 1983, Mabberley 2000, McLoughlin et al. 1995 and Meyen 1984
Sister taxa: Condylites, Masculostrobus, Palaeocyparis, Podocarpopsida, Satyrites incertus, Taxopsida, Voltziopsida
Subtaxa: Araucariocaulon Araucariophloios Cordaitanthales Eoglyptostrobus Feistmantelia Kuglerina Pennsylvanioxylon Phyllocladaceae Pinales
Ecology: "photoautotroph"