Leptolepidites verrucatus Couper 1953 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae

Belongs to Leptolepidites according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023

See also Archangelsky et al. 2008 and Vera et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Leptolepidites crassibalteus, Leptolepidites densus, Leptolepidites equatibosus, Leptolepidites irregularis, Leptolepidites macroverrucatus, Leptolepidites macroverrucosus, Leptolepidites major, Leptolepidites psarosus, Leptolepidites rimatus, Leptolepidites tumulosus

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (1 collection)

• Paleocene of China (1)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (3), Australia (2), Canada (2: Alberta), China (1), Morocco (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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