Onychiopsis psilotoides Stokes and Webb 1824 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae

Alternative combination: Hymenopteris psilotoides

Synonyms: Thyrsopteris angustifolia Fontaine 1889, Thyrsopteris dentifolia Fontaine 1899, Thyrsopteris insignis Fontaine 1889, Thyrsopteris microphylla Fontaine 1889

Belongs to Onychiopsis according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Andrews 1970 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Onychiopsis brevifolia, Onychiopsis elongata, Onychiopsis goepperti, Onychiopsis latiloba, Onychiopsis nervosa, Onychiopsis paradoxus

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia collections), Spain (1), United States (3: Alaska, Kansas, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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