Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae
Parent taxon: Polypodiaceae according to Armstrong 1972
Sister taxa: Acrostichaceae, Adiantites, Allantodiopsis, Anomalofilicites, Arthromeris, Aspidium, Asplenieae, Aspleniopteris, Asplenites, Astralopteris, Comptoniopteris, Cuddaloria, Davallites, Dennstaedtiopsis, Dipteridinae, Drynaria, Drynarioideae, Dryopterites, Gemmatosporis, Goniopteris, Grammitidoideae, Gymnogramma, Laevigatosporites, Lastrea, Lepisorus, Leptochilites, Loxogrammoideae, Meniphylloides, Meyeripollis, Microsoroideae, Microtaenia, Onychiopsis, Palaeosorum, Phanerophlebites, Phymatodes, Phymatopteris, Platycerioideae, Platyceriphyllum, Pleopeltis, Podoloma, Polypodiaceaesporites, Polypodieae, Polypodioideae, Praedeparia, Pterideae
Subtaxa: Verrucatosporites alienus Verrucatosporites chalonari Verrucatosporites favus Verrucatosporites usmensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Cuba (1), Germany (1), Myanmar (56), United States (38: Louisiana)
• Tertiary of India (1)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (4)
Total: 107 collections including 158 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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