Synonym: Marattisporites Couper 1958
Parent taxon: Polypodiopsida according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also De Benedetti et al. 2024, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Papú 1989
Sister taxa: Acrocarpus, Biretisporites, Blechnaceae, Cladophlebis, Equisetidae, Gleicheniaceae, Marattiidae, Marsileaceae, Osmundaceae, Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae, Protopteris, Pseudosalvinia, Pterygopteris, Schizopteris, Tempskyaceae, Verrucosisporites
Subtaxa: Marattisporites longiletus Marattisporites scabratus Punctatosporites dulcis Punctatosporites morosus Punctatosporites scabratus
Distribution:
• Pliocene of India (2 collections)
• Eocene of Southern Ocean (4)
• Paleocene of Argentina (5)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (10), Canada (2: Alberta), Peru (1)
• Jurassic of France (2)
• Triassic of Norway (5)
• Permian of Germany (1), India (5), Israel (10), Norway (3), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Carboniferous of United States (84: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma)
Total: 135 collections including 187 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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