Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Parent taxon: Salviniaceae according to A. Ali et al. 2025
See also Hickey 1977, I 2016, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Ariadnaesporites, Azolla, Azollophyllum, Massulites, Sausarospermum
Subtaxa: Salvinia coahuilensis Salvinia elliptica Salvinia formosa Salvinia graui Salvinia hainanensis Salvinia indica Salvinia intertrappea Salvinia preauriculata
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (4 collections)
• Pliocene of Germany (5), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Germany (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), China (2), Germany (29), Japan (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (15), Switzerland (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (8), the Russian Federation (10), the United Kingdom (1)
• Eocene of China (3), India (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (35: North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Belgium (2), India (1), the Netherlands (2)
• Paleogene of India (1)
• Tertiary of the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Colombia (1), India (1)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (2: New Mexico, North Dakota)
Total: 135 collections including 166 occurrences
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