Bartheliaceae fam. nov
Coniferophytic seed plants with compound ovulate fertile zones and simple pollen cones; branched, woody stems bearing closely spaced simple and forked leaves. Stems eustelic with enarch primary xylem, dense wood; leaves vascularized by single bundle, stomata in two adaxial bands, guard cells with papillate subsidiary cells; stomatoliferous grooves absent. Pollen cones simple, pollen sacs borne adaxially on sporophylls, producing monosaccate, eusaccate prepollen.