Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae
Parent taxon: Peltaspermaceae according to M. J. Vavrek et al. 2007
See also Chandra and Tewari 1991, Dobruskina 1995, Holmes 1982 and Meyen 1984
Sister taxa: Aipteris, Angaridium, Angaropteridium, Antevsia, Anthicocladus, Autunia, Callipterianthus, Callipteris, Edyndella, Hissarella, Kirjamkenia, Laskovskia, Madygenia, Madygenopteris, Odontopteris, Pachydermophyllum, Peltaspermum, Pseudoodontopteris, Pterispermostrobus, Reinitsia, Scytophyllum, Stiphorus, Tatarina, Tersiella, Uralophyllum, Vittaephyllum
Subtaxa: Lepidopteris africana Lepidopteris ferganensis Lepidopteris indica Lepidopteris murtonii Lepidopteris parvula Lepidopteris stormbergensis Lepidopteris stuttgartiensis
Type: Lepidopteris stuttgartiensis
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Sweden (1 collection)
• Triassic to Jurassic of France (1), Sweden (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (2), Australia (4), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (16), Germany (5), Greenland (12), India (5), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), Lesotho (2), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (9), South Africa (34), Sweden (1), Tajikistan (2), Ukraine (4)
• Permian to Triassic of India (1)
• Permian of India (3), Madagascar (3)
Total: 114 collections including 128 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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