†family Marchantiaceae (liverwort)
Hepaticae - Marchantiales - Marchantiaceae
Parent taxon: Marchantiales according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Lapasha and Miller 1985
Sister taxa: Ricciaceae, Ricciopsis
Subtaxa: Hygrophyla Marchantia Marchantiolites Marchantites Preissites
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection)
• Paleocene of United States (9: Montana, North Dakota)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), United States (18: Montana, North Dakota)
• Jurassic of China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (2), Turkmenistan (1), United States (1: Montana)
• Triassic of Lesotho (1), South Africa (15)
Total: 54 collections including 55 occurrences