†family Azollaceae Wettstein 1903 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Polypodiidae

Parent taxon: Salviniales according to W. Kiessling 2004

See also Archangelsky et al. 1999, Mabberley 2000 and McIver and Basinger 1993

Sister taxa: Paleoazolla, Parazollopsis, Salviniaceae, Thecaspora

Subtaxa: Azollopsis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: North Dakota collection)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1), Canada (5: Alberta)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (9), Canada (26: Alberta, Nunavut), United States (2: Montana)

Total: 45 collections including 51 occurrences

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