Subfamily Dryopteridoideae Link 1841 (fern)
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Polypodiidae
Parent taxon: Dryopteridaceae according to PPG. I 2016
Sister taxa: Athyrium, Ctenis, Elaphoglossoideae, Nephrodium, Olfersites, Polybotryoideae
Subtaxa: Dryopteris Polystichum
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), India (9), United States (4: Michigan, Washington)
• Pliocene of Bolivia (3)
• Oligocene of Argentina (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (4: Colorado)
• Eocene of United States (8: Colorado, Washington, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (8: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Canada (4: British Columbia, Saskatchewan), United States (2: Wyoming)
• Jurassic of China (2), India (1)
Total: 51 collections including 52 occurrences