Gigantopteridales - Gigantopteridaceae
Synonym: Megalopteris Schenk 1883 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Gigantopteridaceae according to A. B. Doweld 2013
Sister taxa: Gothanopteris, Palaeogoniopteris
Subtaxa: Gigantopteris lagrelii Gigantopteris nicotianifolia Gigantopteris nicotinaefolia Megalopteris nicotianaefolia
Ecology: stationary C3 autotroph
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection)
• Permian of China (45), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), North Korea (4), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (3), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), United States (9: Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), United States (6: Illinois, Michigan, Ohio)
Total: 76 collections including 95 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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