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
Distribution: found only at Sanzhangtian, Zhenyuan (Miocene of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.