Dicksoniopsis Berry 1911 (scaly tree fern)

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae

Full reference: E. W. Berry. 1911. Systematic paleontology of the Lower Cretaceous deposits of Maryland. Pteridophyta. Lower Cretaceous 214-312

Parent taxon: Cyatheaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Andrews 1970 and Berry 1911

Sister taxa: Alsophila, Alsophilidites, Alsophilites, Alsophilocaulis, Cibotiocaulis, Cibotium, Conantiopteris, Coniopteris, Cyathea, Cyatheites, Cyatheopteris, Cyathocaulis, Cyathodendron, Cyathoforma, Cyathoides, Cyathorachis, Dendropteridium, Fasciostelopteris, Haydenia, Hemitelites, Kulyisporites, Protocyathea, Pteridocaulis, Tympanophora, Yezopteris

Subtaxa: Dicksoniopsis vernonensis

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Type: Scleropteris vernonensis

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dicksoniopsis in the database

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