†family Loxsomataceae Presl (fern)
Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Parent taxon: Cyatheales according to PPG. I 2016
See also Jud 2011 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Cyatheaceae, Hagiophyton, Metaxyaceae, Plagiogyriaceae, Thyrsopteridaceae, Yavanna
Subtaxa: Loxsoma Loxsomopteris
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at paint branch cut bank (Cretaceous of Maryland)