Leptolepidites Couper 1953 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae

Parent taxon: Blechnaceae according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023

See also PapĂș 1989

Sister taxa: Blechnoideae, Midlandia, Peromonolites, Stenochlaenoideae, Woodwardioideae

Subtaxa: Leptolepidites crassibalteus Leptolepidites densus Leptolepidites equatibosus Leptolepidites irregularis Leptolepidites macroverrucatus Leptolepidites macroverrucosus Leptolepidites major Leptolepidites psarosus Leptolepidites rimatus Leptolepidites tumulosus Leptolepidites verrucatus

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Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Myanmar (18)

• Paleocene of China (1)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (17), Australia (3), Brazil (61), Canada (2: Alberta), China (2), Colombia (11), Egypt (18), Israel (1), Libya (1), Morocco (1), Peru (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), South Sudan (1), Sudan (23), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: North Dakota)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Egypt (1), India (1)

• Jurassic of France (2), Morocco (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

• Triassic of Norway (9)

Total: 193 collections including 206 occurrences

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