Alsophilidites Cookson (scaly tree fern)

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae

Parent taxon: Cyatheaceae according to Kapoor et al. 1988

Sister taxa: Alsophila, Alsophilites, Alsophilocaulis, Cibotiocaulis, Cibotium, Conantiopteris, Coniopteris, Cyathea, Cyatheites, Cyatheopteris, Cyathocaulis, Cyathodendron, Cyathoforma, Cyathoides, Cyathorachis, Dendropteridium, Dicksoniopsis, Fasciostelopteris, Haydenia, Hemitelites, Kulyisporites, Protocyathea, Pteridocaulis, Tympanophora, Yezopteris

Subtaxa: Alsophilidites bellus Alsophilidites densus Alsophilidites exilis Alsophilidites grandis Alsophilidites kerguelensis Alsophilidites pannuceus

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Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), India (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (1: Nunavut)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), India (4)

Total: 8 collections including 11 occurrences

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