†Archaeopteris Dawson 1871
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Archaeopteridopsida - Archaeopteridales - Archaeopteridaceae
Synonym: Palaeopteris Schimper 1869 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Archaeopteridaceae according to A. B. Doweld 2001
See also Andrews 1970 and Scheckler 1986
Sister taxon: Palaeopteridium
Subtaxa: Archaeopteris hibernica
Type: Cyclopteris hibernica
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Illinois, Pennsylvania collections)
• 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: 92 collections including 128 occurrences
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