†family Monimiaceae de Jussieu 1809
Angiospermae - Laurales - Monimiaceae
Parent taxon: Laurales according to V. M. Egerton et al. 2016
See also Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
Sister taxa: Atherospermataceae, Calycanthaceae, Crassidenticulum, Densinervum, Gomortegaceae, Hernandiaceae, Landonia, Lauraceae, Olmosoxylon, Pabiania, Pandemophyllum, Patagoxylon, Siparunaceae, Tetrantheroidea, Timothyia
Subtaxa: Atherospermoxylon Hedycaryoxylon Monimiophyllum Monimiopsis Protoatherospermoxylon Protohedycarya
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Argentina (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Argentina (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence