PaleoDB taxon number: 412705
Alternative spelling: Pitys
Parent taxon: Cordaitales according to H. N. Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Amyelon, Apaloxylon, Aporoxylon, Archaeopitys, Botryoconus, Caenoxylon, Callixylon, Caracuboxylon, Cauloxylon, Cladites, Conchophyllum, Cordaianthopsis, Cordaianthus, Cordaicladus, Cordaifloyos, Cordaiopsis, Cordaiphloeum, Cordaispermum, Cordaistrobus, Cordaitaceae, Cormocordaites, Dictyocordaites, Dorycordaites, Eristophyton, Hypsilocarpus, Lepidoxylon, Medullopitys, Mesoxyloides, Mesoxylon, Mesoxylopsis, Metacordaites, Ormoxylon, Pelourdea, Pericordaites, Pinites, Pinuxylon, Pityeae, Poacordaixylon, Poroxylon, Premnoxylon, Pycnophyllites, Pycnoxylon, Radiculites, Rhiptozamites, Rhizocordaites, Samarospadix, Schutzia, Scutocordaites, Squamophyllum, Taeniophyllum, Titanophyllum, Tithymalites, Xylophyllum
Subtaxa: Pitus antiqua
Type: Pitus antiqua