Ginkgoopsida - Caytoniales - Caytoniaceae
Alternative combinations: Filicites nilssoniana, Sagenopteris nilsoniana
Synonym: Sagenopteris rhoifolia Presl 1838
Belongs to Sagenopteris according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Andrews 1970 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Sagenopteris alaskensis, Sagenopteris bhambhanii, Sagenopteris colpodes, Sagenopteris elliptica, Sagenopteris emmonsi, Sagenopteris goeppertiana, Sagenopteris grandifolia, Sagenopteris latifolia, Sagenopteris longicaulis, Sagenopteris magnifolia, Sagenopteris mantelli, Sagenopteris mclearni, Sagenopteris nervosa, Sagenopteris oblongifolia, Sagenopteris oregonensis, Sagenopteris paucifolia, Sagenopteris stoliczkana, Sagenopteris variabilis, Sagenopteris virginiensis, Sagenopteris williamsii, Phyllopteris phillipsii
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), Greenland (3), Italy (1), Poland (3)
• Triassic of Greenland (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Permian of India (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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