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Phyllopteroides

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy
Phyllopteroides was named by Medwell (1954) [(Medwell) emend. Cantrill and Webb, 1987 Type species: Phyllopteroides dentata (Medwell) Cantrill and Webb from the Early Cretaceous (Albian), southeastern Australia.]. It is not extant. Its type is Phyllopteroides dentata.

It was assigned to Cycadophyta by Andrews (1970); and to Osmundaceae by McLoughlin et al. (1995).

Species
P. antarctica, P. dentata (type species), P. laevis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Phyllopteroides Medwell
1970Phyllopteroides Andrews
1995Phyllopteroides McLoughlin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyOsmundaceaeBerchtold and Presl
genusPhyllopteroidesMedwell 1954

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Phyllopteroides Medwell 1954
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†Phyllopteroides antarctica Cantrill and Nagalingum 2005
†Phyllopteroides dentata Medwell 1954
†Phyllopteroides laevis Cantrill and Webb 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available