Microlepiopsis Serbet and Rothwell 2003 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Polypodiidae

Full reference: R. Serbet and G. W. Rothwell. 2003. Anatomically preserved ferns from the Late Cretaceous of western North America: Dennstaedtiaceae. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(6):1041-1051

Parent taxon: Dennstaedtiaceae according to R. Serbet and G. W. Rothwell 2003

Sister taxa: Dennastra, Dennstaedtia, Histiopteris, Hypolepis, Microlepia, Pteridium

Subtaxa: Microlepiopsis aulenbackii Microlepiopsis bramanii

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Type: Microlepiopsis bramanii

Distribution: found only at TMP 95.154 (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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