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†Acrostichopteris Fontaine 1889 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Polypodiidae

Parent taxon: Schizaeaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Chandra and Tewari 1991 and Lapasha and Miller 1985

Sister taxa: Anemieae, Baieropsis, Cicatricosisporites, Distaltriangulisporites, Klukisporites, Lygodieae, Lygodiumsporites, Microfoveolatosporites, Mintopteris, Mohria, Mohriopsis, Neyvelia, Norimbergia, Pastoria, Pelletieria, Pelletixia, Protornithopteris, Ruffordia, Schizaea, Schizaeangium, Schizaeoisporites, Schizaeopsis, Schizaeopteris, Senftenbergia, Undulatisporites, Waldenburgia

Subtaxa: Acrostichopteris adiantifolia Acrostichopteris cyclopteroides Acrostichopteris expansa Acrostichopteris fimbriata Acrostichopteris longipennis Acrostichopteris parvifolia Acrostichopteris pluripartita

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Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Portugal (2 collections), United States (9: Montana, Wyoming)

• Jurassic of China (2), India (1), Japan (3)

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences

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