Scytophyllum Bornemann 1856 (green algae)

Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Peltaspermaceae

Parent taxon: Peltaspermaceae according to I. A. Dobruskina 1995

See also Andrews 1970 and Meyen 1984

Sister taxa: Aipteris, Angaridium, Angaropteridium, Antevsia, Anthicocladus, Autunia, Callipterianthus, Callipteris, Edyndella, Hissarella, Kirjamkenia, Laskovskia, Lepidopteris, Madygenia, Madygenopteris, Odontopteris, Pachydermophyllum, Peltaspermopsis, Peltaspermum, Pseudoodontopteris, Pterispermostrobus, Reinitsia, Salpingocarpus, Stiphorus, Tatarina, Tersiella, Uralophyllum, Vittaephyllum

Subtaxa: Scytophyllum bergeri Scytophyllum pinnatum Scytophyllum waehneri

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Type: Scytophyllum bergeri

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Triassic of Argentina (1 collection), China (1), Germany (5), Iran (4), Italy (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (14), South Africa (1), Tajikistan (1)

Total: 32 collections including 36 occurrences

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