Parent taxon: Blechnaceae according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Papú 1989 and Perez Loinaze et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Blechnoideae, Midlandia, Peromonolites, Stenochlaenoideae, Woodwardioideae
Subtaxa: Leptolepidites crassibalteus Leptolepidites densus Leptolepidites equatibosus Leptolepidites irregularis Leptolepidites macroverrucatus Leptolepidites macroverrucosus Leptolepidites major Leptolepidites psarosus Leptolepidites rimatus Leptolepidites tumulosus Leptolepidites verrucatus
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Myanmar (18)
• Paleocene of Argentina (8), China (1), United States (4: North Dakota)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (24), Australia (4), Brazil (61), Canada (2: Alberta), China (2), Colombia (11), Egypt (18), Israel (1), Libya (1), Morocco (1), Peru (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), South Sudan (1), Sudan (23), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: North Dakota)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Egypt (1), India (1)
• Jurassic of France (2), Montenegro (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Triassic of Norway (9)
Total: 224 collections including 237 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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