Equisetopsida - Sphenophyllales
Alternative spelling: Sphaenophyllum
Invalid subtaxa: Sardykphyllum Zalessky 1929, Sphenophyllites Brongniart 1822 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Sphenophyllales according to S. Chandra and R. Tewari 1991
See also Andrews 1970, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Taylor et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Anastachys, Bowmanites, Eviostachya, Koinostachys, Litostrobus, Mesidiophyton, Siderella, Sphenophyllaceae, Sphenophyllostachys, Stylocalamites
Subtaxa: Sardykphyllum crassinervosum Sphenophyllum churulianum Sphenophyllum crenulatum Sphenophyllum elongatum Sphenophyllum emarginatum Sphenophyllum gondwanensis Sphenophyllum radiatum Sphenophyllum thonii Sphenophyllum utkalensis
Type: Sphenophyllites emarginatus
Distribution:
• Rotliegendes of United States (1: Kansas collection)
• Permian of Argentina (6), Australia (1), Austria (1), Brazil (6), China (95), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (1), France (3), Germany (6), Greenland (1), India (8), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Malaysia (2), Mongolia (1), Morocco (1), North Korea (6), Oman (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (37), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (6), South Korea (5), Spain (1), Thailand (2), Turkey (1), United States (18: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas), Venezuela (1), Zimbabwe (1)
• Namurian of Spain (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Morocco (1), Spain (1)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Canada (10: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island), France (1), Germany (6), the Netherlands (2), Portugal (4), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (11), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (67: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)
• Devonian of Belgium (1), China (1), United States (1: West Virginia)
Total: 339 collections including 558 occurrences
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