Sphenopteris wadiai Sitholey 1944

Sphenopteridae - Sphenopteridae

Full reference: R. V. Sitholey. 1944. Jurassic plants from the Tabbowa Series in Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 24:3-17

Belongs to Sphenopteris according to R. V. Sitholey 1944

Sister taxa: Sphenopteris anderssonii, Sphenopteris baileyana, Sphenopteris bindrabunensis, Sphenopteris corrugata, Sphenopteris egyptiaca, Sphenopteris elaminata, Sphenopteris elegans, Sphenopteris essinghii, Sphenopteris hislopii, Sphenopteris humphresiana, Sphenopteris hymenophylloides, Sphenopteris imbricata, Sphenopteris khairbaniensis, Sphenopteris latiloba, Sphenopteris membranosa, Sphenopteris metzgerioides, Sphenopteris otagoensis, Sphenopteris plurinervia, Sphenopteris polymorpha, Sphenopteris pottsvillea, Sphenopteris rajmahalensis, Sphenopteris sakrigaliensis, Sphenopteris sanjuliensis, Sphenopteris specifica, Sphenopteris tiruchirapalliense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tabbowa, which is in a Callovian/Kimmeridgian terrestrial siliciclastic in Sri Lanka

Ecology: stationary C3 autotroph

Distribution: found only at Tabbowa

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