Asterotheca Presl 1845 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Marattiales - Marattiidae

Parent taxon: Marattiales according to P. Moisan et al. 2010

See also Andrews 1970, Meller et al. 2011 and Nielsen 2005

Sister taxa: Asansolia, Auriculopora, Eupsaronius, Grandeurya, Grandeuryella, Hydropteraceae, Marattiaceae, Ptychocarpus

Subtaxa: Asterotheca fuchsii Asterotheca hilariensis Asterotheca rigbyana Asterotheca singeri Asterotheca sternbergii Asterotheca thalensis

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Type: Asterocarpus sternbergii

Distribution:

• Triassic of Argentina (4 collections), Australia (2), Austria (2), Chile (4), China (10), France (1), Germany (3), Italy (1), Mexico (26), the Russian Federation (6), South Africa (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Switzerland (1), Vietnam (1)

• Permian of Argentina (8), Brazil (4), China (1), the Russian Federation (7), South Africa (4), Spain (1), Zimbabwe (1)

• Carboniferous of Argentina (1), United States (10: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio)

Total: 104 collections including 134 occurrences

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