†Cyathoforma carolinensis Emmons 1856 (scaly tree fern)

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae

Alternative combinations: Laccopteris carolinensis, Pecopteris carolinensis

Full reference: E. Emmons. 1856. Geological Report of the Midland Counties of North Carolina xx-351

Belongs to Cyathoforma according to Bock 1969

See also Emmons 1856 and Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ellington's, Rhynie Wicker's property, which is in a Triassic terrestrial shale/bituminous coal in North Carolina

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (4: North Carolina, Virginia collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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