Parent taxon: Glossopteridopsida according to S. Chandra and R. Tewari 1991
See also Andrews 1970 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Dictyopteridiales, Lidgettoniales, Rigbyales, Senotheca, Rhabdotaenia, Glossotheca, Palaeovittaria, Cornuspermum
Subtaxa: Gangamopteris angustifolia Gangamopteris anthrophyoides Gangamopteris buriadica Gangamopteris chatterjei Gangamopteris clarkeana Gangamopteris cyclopteroides Gangamopteris fibrosa Gangamopteris gondwanensis Gangamopteris hispida Gangamopteris hughesii Gangamopteris indica Gangamopteris intermedia Gangamopteris karharbariensis Gangamopteris kashmirensis Gangamopteris major Gangamopteris media Gangamopteris mucronata Gangamopteris oblanceolata Gangamopteris obtusifolia Gangamopteris papillosa Gangamopteris spathulata Gangamopteris srivastavae Gangamopteris whittiana
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), India (1)
• Permian of Antarctica (11), Argentina (11), Australia (20), Brazil (21), the Congo-Kinshasa (4), India (81), Madagascar (3), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), Pakistan (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (1), Tanzania (1), Uruguay (1), Zimbabwe (3)
• Carboniferous of Brazil (1), India (3)
Total: 170 collections including 326 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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