†Alsophilites Hirmer 1927 (scaly tree fern)
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Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Parent taxon: Cyatheaceae according to H. N. Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Alsophila, Alsophilidites, Alsophilocaulis, Cibotiocaulis, Cibotium, Conantiopteris, Coniopteris, Cyathea, Cyatheites, Cyatheopteris, Cyathocaulis, Cyathodendron, Cyathoforma, Cyathoides, Cyathorachis, Dendropteridium, Dicksoniopsis, Fasciostelopteris, Haydenia, Hemitelites, Kulyisporites, Protocyathea, Pteridocaulis, Tympanophora, Yezopteris
Subtaxa: Alsophilites polonica
Type: Alsophilites polonica
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Gaotouyao (Jurassic of China)
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