Parent taxon: Blechnaceae according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Papú 1989
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 of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Myanmar (18)
• Paleocene of China (1), United States (4: North Dakota)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (17), Australia (3), 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), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)
• Triassic of Norway (9)
Total: 206 collections including 219 occurrences
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