Sphenopteridae - Sphenopteridae
Belongs to Sphenopteris according to Sukh-Dev and Rajanikanth 1988
Sister taxa: Sphenopteris anderssonii, Sphenopteris baileyana, Sphenopteris bindrabunensis, Sphenopteris corrugata, Sphenopteris egyptiaca, Sphenopteris elaminata, Sphenopteris elegans, Sphenopteris essinghii, Sphenopteris hislopii, Sphenopteris humphresiana, Sphenopteris hymenophylloides, Sphenopteris imbricata, Sphenopteris khairbaniensis, Sphenopteris latiloba, Sphenopteris membranosa, Sphenopteris metzgerioides, Sphenopteris otagoensis, Sphenopteris plurinervia, Sphenopteris polymorpha, Sphenopteris pottsvillea, Sphenopteris rajmahalensis, Sphenopteris sakrigaliensis, Sphenopteris sanjuliensis, Sphenopteris specifica, Sphenopteris wadiai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Therani, Tiruchirapalli, which is in a Cretaceous fluvial horizon in the Sivaganga Formation of India
Ecology: stationary C3 autotroph
Distribution: found only at Therani, Tiruchirapalli
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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