Sphenopteridae - Sphenopteridae
Alternative spelling: Sphaenopteris
Parent taxon: Sphenopteridae according to D. L. Dilcher et al. 2005
See also Andrews 1970, Chandra and Tewari 1991, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Lapasha and Miller 1985 and McLoughlin et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Aranetzia, Charnelia, Cheilanthites, Dendraena, Dicranopteris, Diplopteridium, Edraxylon, Gulpenia, Heteropteris, Kaloxylon, Lyginopteris, Macrosphenopteris, Neurosphenopteris, Ovopteridium, Ovopteris, Palamophyllum, Pseudobaiera, Pseudosphenopteris, Rhodeites, Saropteris, Spathulopteris, Sturia, Tetrameridium, Urnatopteris, Volkelia
Subtaxa: Sphenopteris anderssonii Sphenopteris baileyana Sphenopteris bindrabunensis Sphenopteris corrugata Sphenopteris egyptiaca Sphenopteris elaminata Sphenopteris elegans Sphenopteris essinghii Sphenopteris hislopii Sphenopteris humphresiana Sphenopteris hymenophylloides Sphenopteris imbricata Sphenopteris khairbaniensis Sphenopteris latiloba Sphenopteris membranosa Sphenopteris metzgerioides Sphenopteris otagoensis Sphenopteris plurinervia Sphenopteris polymorpha Sphenopteris pottsvillea Sphenopteris rajmahalensis Sphenopteris sakrigaliensis Sphenopteris sanjuliensis Sphenopteris specifica Sphenopteris tiruchirapalliense Sphenopteris wadiai
Ecology: stationary C3 autotroph
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (5 collections), Argentina (7), Australia (4), Belgium (2), Canada (17: Alberta, British Columbia), China (2), India (10), Japan (1), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (2), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (9: Montana, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), India (3), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (3)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Argentina (11), Australia (3), Chile (1), China (41), Colombia (1), Egypt (1), France (15), Georgia (5), Germany (2), India (35), Iran (1), Israel (2), Italy (1), Japan (6), Kazakhstan (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (6), New Zealand (2), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (36), Sri Lanka (1), Tajikistan (3), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Colorado), Uzbekistan (3)
• Triassic to Jurassic of Kazakhstan (1)
• Triassic of Argentina (2), Australia (4), Chile (1), China (18), France (1), Germany (4), India (4), Italy (1), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (11), Switzerland (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (2: Virginia)
• Permian to Triassic of India (2)
• Rotliegendes of United States (1: New Mexico)
• Permian of Argentina (4), Australia (5), Brazil (8), China (47), Germany (18), India (15), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (7), Morocco (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (39), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (3), South Korea (3), Spain (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas), Zambia (1), Zimbabwe (2)
• Atokan of United States (1: Indiana)
• Westphalian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Spain (1), United States (2: Alabama, Illinois)
• Pennsylvanian of Portugal (2), Spain (1), United States (10: Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan)
• Carboniferous to Permian of Spain (1)
• Carboniferous of Canada (10: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), China (1), France (1), Germany (4), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (7), Turkey (4), the United Kingdom (5), United States (36: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, West Virginia)
• Mississippian of Canada (11: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Nunavut), India (1), United States (4: Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Utah)
• Devonian of Belgium (11), Ireland (1), United States (1: West Virginia)
Total: 615 collections including 890 occurrences
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