Ruffordia Seward 1894 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Polypodiidae

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

See also Andrews 1970

Sister taxa: Acrostichopteris, Anemieae, Baieropsis, Cicatricosisporites, Cicatricososporites, Distaltriangulisporites, Klukisporites, Lygodieae, Lygodiumsporites, Microfoveolatosporites, Mintopteris, Mohria, Mohriopsis, Neyvelia, Norimbergia, Pastoria, Pelletieria, Pelletixia, Protornithopteris, Schizaea, Schizaeangium, Schizaeoisporites, Schizaeopsis, Schizaeopteris, Senftenbergia, Undulatisporites, Waldenburgia

Subtaxa: Ruffordia acrodenta Ruffordia goepperti

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Type: Ruffordia goepperti

Distribution:

• Eocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), South Korea (1), Spain (2), United States (1: Kansas)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Peru (2)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), China (15), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (1)

Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences

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