Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Parent taxon: Polypodiales according to PPG. I 2016
Sister taxa: Athyriaceae, Clavatosporis, Dennstaedtiineae, Drynariaceae, Karstenia, Lindsaeineae, Polypodiineae, Polypodiisporites, Pteridineae, Saccolomatineae, Saportaea
Subtaxa: Aspleniaceae Onocleaceae Thelypteridaceae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (14 collections), India (8)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of China (1), Myanmar (5), United States (24: Colorado, Mississippi, North Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (6: Saskatchewan), United States (12: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Canada (2: Alberta, British Columbia), the Russian Federation (12), United States (14: Alabama, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of China (4), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of Tajikistan (1)
Total: 110 collections including 119 occurrences