Adiantites Goeppert 1836 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae

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

See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Taylor et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Acrostichaceae, Allantodiopsis, Anomalofilicites, Arthromeris, Aspidium, Asplenieae, Aspleniopteris, Asplenites, Astralopteris, Comptoniopteris, Cuddaloria, Davallites, Dennstaedtiopsis, Dipteridinae, Drynaria, Drynarioideae, Dryopterites, Gemmatosporis, Goniopteris, Grammitidoideae, Gymnogramma, Laevigatosporites, Lastrea, Lepisorus, Leptochilites, Loxogrammoideae, Meniphylloides, Meyeripollis, Microsoroideae, Microtaenia, Onychiopsis, Palaeosorum, Phanerophlebites, Phymatodes, Phymatopteris, Platycerioideae, Platyceriphyllum, Pleopeltis, Podoloma, Polypodiaceaesporites, Polypodieae, Polypodioideae, Praedeparia, Pterideae, Sphenomeris, Trichotomosulcites, Verrucatosporites

Subtaxa: Adiantites nympharum Adiantites oblongifolium Adiantites orovillensis Adiantites praelongus

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Type: Adiantites oblongifolium

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection)

• Jurassic of South Korea (1), United States (2: Montana, Oregon/Idaho)

• Carboniferous of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), India (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (14: Colorado, Pennsylvania, Utah)

• Devonian of United States (2: Pennsylvania)

Total: 26 collections including 30 occurrences

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