Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Alternative combination: Pteris eocaenica
Full reference: J. S. Gardner and C. B. Ettingshausen. 1879. Filices. Monograph of the British Eocene Flora 1:1-86
Belongs to Pteris according to M. E. J. Chandler 1963
See also Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Sister taxa: Pteris affinis, Pteris aquilina, Pteris arborea, Pteris atropurpurea, Pteris biaurita, Pteris bournensis, Pteris caudata, Pteris dakotensis, Pteris dichotoma, Pteris elegans, Pteris erosa, Pteris furcata, Pteris glossopteroides, Pteris grandifolia, Pteris hookeri, Pteris idahoensis, Pteris inquirenda, Pteris lanceolata, Pteris linearis, Pteris lineata, Pteris longifolia, Pteris mertensioides, Pteris mutilata, Pteris pedata, Pteris pseudopinnaeformis, Pteris ruffa, Pteris russellii, Pteris semipinnata, Pteris sitkensis, Pteris stenophylla, Pteris stipularis, Pteris trichomanoides, Pteris tricuspidata, Pteris vittata
Distribution: found only at Bournemouth Freshwater Beds (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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