Alsophilidites densus Singh et al. 1964 (scaly tree fern)

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae

Belongs to Alsophilidites according to Singh et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Alsophilidites bellus, Alsophilidites exilis, Alsophilidites grandis, Alsophilidites kerguelensis, Alsophilidites pannuceus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ghuneri, Kutch, which is in a Cretaceous marginal marine horizon in the Bhuj Formation of India

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Ghuneri, Kutch

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