†Alsophilidites kerguelensis Cookson 1947 (scaly tree fern)
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Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Full reference: I. C. Cookson. 1947. Plant microfossils from the lignites of Kerguelen Archipielago. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition 1929/1931 2:127-142
Belongs to Alsophilidites according to Cookson 1947
See also Venkatachala et al. 1968
Sister taxa: Alsophilidites bellus, Alsophilidites densus, Alsophilidites exilis, Alsophilidites grandis, Alsophilidites pannuceus
Distribution: found only at Half Three Point assemblage (Cretaceous of Antarctica)
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