†Hemitelia pinnata MacGinitie 1941 (scaly tree fern)
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Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Full reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178
Belongs to Hemitelia according to H. D. MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxa: Cyathea siwalika, Cyathea tchihatcheffi, Trichopteris filamentosa
Type specimen: UCMP Paleobotany 2145. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat, which is in an Eocene floodplain claystone in California.
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat
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