Sphenopteridae - Sphenopteridae
Parent taxon: Sphenopteridae according to D. L. Dilcher et al. 2005
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Aranetzia, Charnelia, Cheilanthites, Dendraena, Dicranopteris, Diplopteridium, Edraxylon, Gulpenia, Heteropteris, Kaloxylon, Macrosphenopteris, Neurosphenopteris, Ovopteridium, Ovopteris, Palamophyllum, Pseudobaiera, Pseudosphenopteris, Rhodeites, Saropteris, Spathulopteris, Sphenopteris, Sturia, Tetrameridium, Urnatopteris, Volkelia
Subtaxa: Lyginopteris hoeninghausi Lyginopteris oldhamia
Type: Dadoxylon oldhamium
Ecology: stationary C3 autotroph
Distribution:
• Pennsylvanian of United States (1: Georgia collection)
• Westphalian of United States (1: Alabama)
• Namurian of the Czech Republic (1)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Germany (2), the Netherlands (2), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (15: Alabama)
• Mississippian of United States (3: West Virginia)
Total: 35 collections including 50 occurrences
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