Pelletixia amelguita Skog 1982 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Polypodiidae

Full reference: J. E. Skog. 1982. Pelletixia amelguita, a New Species of Fossil Fern in the Potomac Group (Lower Cretaceous). American Fern Journal 72(4):115-121

Belongs to Pelletixia according to J. E. Skog 1982

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Howard Hruschka's fern site, which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial claystone in the Patuxent Formation of Maryland

Distribution: found only at Howard Hruschka's fern site

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