Archaeopteridopsida - Archaeopteridales - Archaeopteridaceae
Family name published with improper, but correctable ending: Archaeopterideae.
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Full reference: A. H. Nicholson and R. Lydekker. 1889. A Manual of Palaeontology for the use of students with a general introduction on the principles of palaeontology. Edition 3 [rewritten and greatly enlarged]. 1-2
Parent taxon: Archaeopteridales according to A. B. Doweld 2001
See also Scheckler 1986
Sister taxa: Dzungaropteris, Pterispermotheca
Subtaxa: Archaeopteris Palaeopteridium
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Michigan collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (8: Illinois, Pennsylvania)
• Devonian of Belgium (16), Canada (9: Alberta, Nunavut, Quebec), Ireland (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (59: Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)
Total: 96 collections including 132 occurrences