Parent taxon: Pteridopsida according to Norris 1986
See also De Benedetti et al. 2024, Jarzen 1982 and Papú 2002
Sister taxa: Achradosporis, Apiculatasporites, Chelepteris, Choffatia, Cingulatisporites, Clavatisporites, Clavatriletes, Cyathidites, Deltoidospora, Echinatisporis, Foveasporis, Granulatisporites, Grapnelispora, Interlobulites, Ischyosporites, Kirchheimerisporites, Leiotriletes, Lepidodendrites, Matonisporites, Monolites, Pteridacidites, Scabramonoletes, Todisporites, Triletes, Triloboxylon, Waltzispora, Capsispora, Hymenophyllopsidaceae, Striatella, Crassoretitriletes, Polypodiaceoisporites, Cheiropleuriaceae, Marsileales, Lygodiidites, Lophosoriaceae, Vittariaceae, Ophioglossidae, Monachosoraceae, Lygodioisporites, Kyrtomisporis, Psilotidae, Reticuloidosporites, Magnastriatites, Lametatriletes
Subtaxa: Osmundacidites ciliatus Osmundacidites comaumensis Osmundacidites dizii Osmundacidites dubius Osmundacidites formosus Osmundacidites indicus Osmundacidites kutchensis Osmundacidites microgranifer Osmundacidites minor Osmundacidites minutus Osmundacidites mollis Osmundacidites panchetensis Osmundacidites senectus Osmundacidites wellmani Osmundacidites wellmanii Osmundacidites wellmannii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Chile (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (2), United States (40: Louisiana)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), United States (15: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (25), Argentina (15), Australia (11), Brazil (25), Canada (4: Alberta), China (2), Cote D'Ivoire (2), Egypt (9), France (1), India (5), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (2), Senegal (3), United States (18: New Jersey, North Dakota)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Canada (1: Nunavut), Egypt (1), India (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Egypt (1), France (2), India (9), the Russian Federation (2)
• Triassic of Antarctica (1), India (1), Madagascar (1)
• Permian of Italy (1)
Total: 208 collections including 214 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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