Palaeosorum Jacques and Zhou 2013 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae

Full reference: F. M. B. Jacques and Z. K. Zhou. 2013. Systematic descriptions, in The first fossil Microsoroid fern (Palaeosorum ellipticum gen. et sp. nov.) from the middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 51(6):758-764

Parent taxon: Polypodiaceae according to F. M. B. Jacques and Z. K. Zhou 2013

Sister taxa: Acrostichaceae, Adiantites, Allantodiopsis, Anomalofilicites, Arthromeris, Aspidium, Asplenieae, Aspleniopteris, Asplenites, Astralopteris, Comptoniopteris, Cuddaloria, Davallites, Dennstaedtiopsis, Dipteridinae, Drynaria, Drynarioideae, Dryopterites, Gemmatosporis, Goniopteris, Grammitidoideae, Gymnogramma, Laevigatosporites, Lastrea, Lepisorus, Leptochilites, Loxogrammoideae, Meniphylloides, Meyeripollis, Microsoroideae, Microtaenia, Onychiopsis, Phanerophlebites, Phymatodes, Phymatopteris, Platycerioideae, Platyceriphyllum, Pleopeltis, Podoloma, Polypodiaceaesporites, Polypodieae, Polypodioideae, Praedeparia, Pterideae, Verrucatosporites

Subtaxa: Palaeosorum ellipticum

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Distribution: found only at Sanzhangtian, Zhenyuan (Miocene of China)

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