Conantiopteris Lantz et al. 1999 (scaly tree fern)

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae

Full reference: T. C. Lantz, G. W. Rothwell, and R. A. Stockey. 1999. Conantiopteris schuchmanii, gen. et sp. nov., and the Role of Fossils in Resolving the Phylogeny of Cyatheaceae s.l. . Journal of Plant Research 112:361-381

Parent taxon: Cyatheaceae according to T. C. Lantz et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Alsophila, Alsophilidites, Alsophilites, Alsophilocaulis, Cibotiocaulis, Cibotium, Coniopteris, Cyathea, Cyatheites, Cyatheopteris, Cyathocaulis, Cyathodendron, Cyathoforma, Cyathoides, Cyathorachis, Dendropteridium, Dicksoniopsis, Fasciostelopteris, Haydenia, Hemitelites, Kulyisporites, Protocyathea, Pteridocaulis, Tympanophora, Yezopteris

Subtaxa: Conantiopteris schuchmanii

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Type: Conantiopteris schuchmanii

Distribution: found only at Shoup Ranch Gulch (Cretaceous of California)

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