Gleichenites Göppert 1836 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae

Parent taxon: Gleicheniaceae according to P. Moisan et al. 2010

See also Chandra and Tewari 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996 and Passalia 2007

Sister taxa: Boodlepteris, Clavifera, Dicranopteris, Gleichenia, Gleicheniidites, Gleichenioamyelon, Gleicheniopsis, Gleicheniorachis, Gleichenipteris, Gleichotheca, Mertensites, Microphyllopteris, Oligocarpia, Ornamentifera, Selenocarpus

Subtaxa: Gleichenites gallegoii Gleichenites gracilis Gleichenites indicus Gleichenites juliensis Gleichenites porsildi Gleichenites quilacoyensis Gleichenites sanmartini

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Distribution:

• Paleocene of China (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (7), Belgium (1), Canada (6: British Columbia), India (3), Japan (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (6), United States (2: Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)

• Jurassic of Argentina (7), Chile (1), China (13), Colombia (1), Greenland (4), India (6), Israel (1), Italy (1), Japan (6), Kazakhstan (1), Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (5), Tajikistan (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (9)

• Triassic of Chile (4), China (11), Germany (1), United States (1: Virginia)

• Permian of India (1)

Total: 107 collections including 131 occurrences

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