When originally established, included 3 previously validly published fossil-species: Sedites rabenhorstii Geinitz, Char. Schicht. Kreidegeb. 3: 97. Jul 1842, Araucarites reichenbachii Geinitz Char. Schicht. Kreidegeb. 3: 98. Jul 1842, and Cryptomeria primaeva Corda in A. E. Reuss, Verstein. Böhm. Kreideform. 2: 89. 9-10 Nov 1846.