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†Contignisporites Dettmann 1963 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Polypodiidae

Parent taxon: Pteridaceae according to Tryon and Lugardon 1990

Sister taxa: Adiantopteris, Cheilanthoideae, Cryptogrammoideae, Eriosorus, Kolymella, Onychium, Parkerioideae, Pteridoideae, Pterisisporites, Vittarioideae

Subtaxa: Contignisporites burgeri Contignisporites burgerii Contignisporites cooksonae Contignisporites cooksoniae Contignisporites cooksonii Contignisporites crenatus Contignisporites dettmannii Contignisporites fornicatus Contignisporites glebulentus Contignisporites kutchensis Contignisporites medeae Contignisporites multimuratus Contignisporites psilatus Contignisporites triletus

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Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6 collections), Argentina (6), Australia (4), Chile (3), Egypt (11), India (2), Portugal (1), Sudan (4), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (2)

• Jurassic of India (5)

Total: 45 collections including 80 occurrences

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