Parent taxon: Coniferales according to Troncoso et al. 2000
See also Chandra and Tewari 1991 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Aachenia, Abietites, Allocladus, Alostrobus, Ammatopsis, Androvettia, Anomaspis, Anthodium, Apterostrobus, Araucarineae, Arauspiropitys, Arautamyelon, Athrotaxites, Aulacolepis, Australoxylon, Baliostichus, Bardella, Biarmodendron, Bilsdalea, Brachyphyllaceae, Brunswickia, Buriadia, Callipitys, Catervoxylon, Cedrostrobus, Cephalotaxites, Ceratoxylon, Chapmanoxylon, Circulina, Compsostrobaceae, Coniferaepites, Coniferipites, Coniferocaulon, Coniferomyelon, Crossotolepis, Cupressaceae, Cupressinanthus, Cupressinostrobus, Cupressinoxylon, Cyclopitys, Dactylethrophyllum, Dactyolepis, Dechellyia, Diplostrobus, Distichophyllites, Echinostrobus, Entomolepis, Ernestiodendron, Eugeinitzia, Europoxylon, Feildenia, Feildeniopsis, Fraxinopsis, Fricia, Fuchselia, Germanophyton, Glyptolepis, Haiburnia, Harrisiophyllum, Harrisostrobus, Heterolepis, Indophyllum, Kendoxylon, Keteleerioxylon, Kettneria, Lecrosia, Lelestrobus, Lepidostrobus, Libocedroxylon, Marwaria, Mehtaia, Microlepidium, Nematocaulis, Nematofolium, Nematoglobus, Nematopetiolus, Nematoxylon, Nipanioruha, Nipaniostrobus, Ortiseia, Pachylepis, Palaeocedrus, Palaeolepis, Palaeopiceoxylon, Palaeospiroxylon, Palaeotaxus, Palissyaceae, Papaninia, Paracatervoxylon, Paranocladus, Parapalaeospiroxylon, Pararaucariaceae, Parasequoia, Passalostrobus, Petrophiloides, Phacolepis, Phyllocladopsis, Physematopitys, Piceites, Piceophyllum, Pinostrobus, Pityanthus, Pityoidolepis, Planoxylon, Plutonia, Podocarpaceae, Podostrobus, Protoginkgoxylon, Protophyllocladoxylon, Protospiroxylon, Pseudopinus, Ptenostrobus, Quadrocladus, Ranaoxylon, Raritania, Retinosporites, Rhenania, Rhipidiocladus, Romeroites, Ruehleostachys, Samaropsis, Satpuria, Schidolepium, Schizolepis, Searsolia, Sequoiopsis, Sequoipsis, Sequoites, Sitholeya, Smeystersia, Spermatostrobus, Sphenaspis, Spondylostrobus, Squama, Stabbarpia, Stachycarpites, Stenorhachis, Strobilites, Strobilostrobus, Szecladia, Taxodiaceaepollenites, Taxodiella, Taxodineae, Taxodites, Taxulus, Telephragmoxylon, Tomaxellia, Torreyites, Tricranolepis, Tsugites, Uralodendron, Voltziaceaesporites, Voltzioxylon, Walchianthus, Walchiopremnon, Walkomiella, Walkomiellospermum, Widdringtonoxylon, Xantholithus, Yatsenkoxylon, Yezostrobus, Zeugophyllites, Zygophillites
Subtaxa: Desmiophyllum gracile Desmiophyllum singhii Desmiophyllum taeniatum
Type: Desmiophyllum gracile
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), China (1), India (1), Israel (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), United States (9: Alaska)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), China (19), Colombia (1), India (2), Kazakhstan (7), Mongolia (4), New Zealand (2), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (29), Sri Lanka (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic to Jurassic of India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Sweden (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (1), Austria (1), China (8), Germany (2), India (2), Iran (1), Mexico (23), Mongolia (2), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (5), South Korea (2), Sweden (1), Ukraine (5)
• Permian of China (1), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Tanzania (1)
Total: 151 collections including 170 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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