Dictyopteridiopsida - Dictyopteridiales - Dictyopteridiaceae
Synonym: Glossopteridaceae Trapl 1926
Full reference: J. F. Rigby. 1978. Permian glossopterid and other cycadopsid fructifications from Queensland. Geological Survey of Queensland Publication 367:1-21
Parent taxon: Dictyopteridiales according to A. B. Doweld 2001
See also Kenrick and Crane 1997
Sister taxon: Breyteniaceae
Subtaxa: Derbyella Hirsutum Lesleya Pluma Pursongia Vannus Zamiopteris
Distribution:
• Triassic of Kyrgyzstan (1 collection)
• Permian of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Brazil (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (11), India (3), Mongolia (5), the Russian Federation (62), South Africa (7), Turkey (1), Venezuela (1), Zimbabwe (1)
• Carboniferous to Permian of the Russian Federation (1)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 99 collections including 146 occurrences