Lyginopteridopsida - Lyginopteridales
Parent taxon: Lyginopteridopsida according to J. M. Anderson et al. 2007
See also Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Hexapterospermales
Subtaxa: Lyginopteridaceae Moresnetiaceae Sphenopteris
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (5 collections), Argentina (7), Australia (4), Belgium (2), Canada (19: Alberta, British Columbia), China (3), India (10), Japan (1), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (3), South Africa (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (9: Montana, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), India (3), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Argentina (11), Australia (3), Chile (1), China (41), Colombia (1), Egypt (2), France (15), Georgia (5), Germany (2), India (35), Iran (1), Israel (1), Italy (1), Japan (6), Kazakhstan (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (6), New Zealand (2), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (36), Sri Lanka (1), Tajikistan (3), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Colorado), Uzbekistan (3)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (2), Australia (4), Chile (1), China (18), France (1), Germany (4), India (4), Italy (1), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (11), Switzerland (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (2: Virginia)
• Permian to Triassic of India (2)
• Permian of Argentina (4), Australia (5), Brazil (8), China (47), Czechia (1), Germany (18), India (15), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (7), Morocco (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (39), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (3), South Korea (3), Spain (2), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas), Zambia (1), Zimbabwe (2)
• Namurian of Türkiye (2)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Spain (1), United States (1: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of Canada (22: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Nunavut), China (1), France (1), Germany (4), India (1), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (9), Türkiye (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (54: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia)
• Givetian of Belgium (1)
• Devonian of Belgium (10), Ireland (1), United States (1: West Virginia)
Total: 621 collections including 904 occurrences