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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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