Alternative spelling: Carpolithes (Zamites)
Full reference: A. T. Brongniart. 1828. Prodrome d'une histoire des végétaux fossiles.
Parent taxon: Bennettitales according to J. Watson and C. A. Sincock 1992
See also Andrews 1970, Chandra and Tewari 1991, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Lapasha and Miller 1985 and MacGinitie 1941
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, Weltrichia, Wielandiella, Williamsonia, Williamsoniaceae, Williamsonianthus, Williamsoniella, Wonnacottia
Subtaxa: Carpolithes (Zamites) meridionalis Zamites acutipennis Zamites alaskana Zamites apertus Zamites arcticus Zamites bayeri Zamites borealis Zamites brevipennis Zamites californica Zamites crassinervis Zamites distantinervis Zamites gigas Zamites graminioides Zamites megaphyllus Zamites montana Zamites occidentalis Zamites pennsylvanicus Zamites powelli Zamites tenuinervis Zamites truncatus Zamites velderi Zamites vogesiacus Zamites yorkensis
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: California collections)
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia), Ecuador (2), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (12), Spain (1), United States (9: Montana, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (1), Egypt (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Argentina (2), Azerbaijan (1), Belarus (1), China (16), Colombia (1), France (26), Georgia (2), Germany (4), India (2), Iran (1), Italy (1), Japan (6), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (12), Mongolia (1), Portugal (1), Romania (18), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Switzerland (1), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (3: Montana, Wyoming)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Honduras (1), Romania (1)
• Triassic of Antarctica (1), Austria (1), China (12), France (1), Germany (2), Italy (6), Japan (1), Mexico (49), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (2), United States (12: New Mexico, North Carolina, Utah, Virginia, Virginia/North Carolina)
Total: 255 collections including 385 occurrences
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