Pterisorus Rothwell and Stockey 2006 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Filicales - Polypodiidae

Full reference: G. W. Rothwell and R. A. Stockey. 2006. Combining characters of Pteridaceae and tree ferns: Pterisorus radiata gen. et sp. nov., a permineralized Lower Cretaceous filicalean with radial sori. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167(3):695-701

Parent taxon: Filicales according to G. W. Rothwell and R. A. Stockey 2006

Sister taxa: Aspidistes, Botrychiopsis, Cuticulatopteris, Damudopteris, Damudosorus, Dichopteris, Dichotomopteris, Dicksoniaceae, Dictyostelopteris, Dizeugotheca, Eleganopteris, Filicoamyelon, Gondwanidium, Hymenophyllites, Hyrcanopteris, Leleopteris, Lontzenia, Neomariopteris, Newberryana, Oleandridium, Palmatopteris, Pantea, Pantopteris, Paradoxopteris, Parsorophyllum, Prakashites, Raphaelia, Rhizomopteris, Saaria, Saarotheca, Santhalea, Sarcopteris, Scaphidopteris, Sermaya, Solenostelopteris, Stormbergia, Stramineopteris, Tigrisporites, Triphyllopteris, Trithecopteris, Weichselia, Weichseliaceae

Subtaxa: none

Distribution: found only at Apple Bay (Cretaceous of British Columbia)

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