Parent taxon: Filicales according to S. Chandra and R. Tewari 1991
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Aspidistes, Botrychiopsis, Cladophlebis, Cuticulatopteris, Damudopteris, Damudosorus, Dichopteris, Dichotomopteris, Dictyostelopteris, Dizeugotheca, Eleganopteris, Filicoamyelon, Gondwanidium, Hymenophyllites, Hyrcanopteris, Leleopteris, Lontzenia, Neomariopteris, Newberryana, Oleandridium, Pantea, Pantopteris, Parsorophyllum, Prakashites, Pterisorus, Raphaelia, Rhizomopteris, Saaria, Saarotheca, Santhalea, Sarcopteris, Scaphidopteris, Sermaya, Solenostelopteris, Stormbergia, Stramineopteris, Tigrisporites, Triphyllopteris, Trithecopteris, Weichseliaceae
Subtaxa: Palmatopteris furcata
Distribution:
• Pennsylvanian of India (1 collection), United States (1: Michigan)
• Westphalian of United States (1: Illinois)
• Carboniferous of Germany (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1), United States (19: Alabama, Georgia, Indiana)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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