†Protocyathea Feistmantel 1877 (scaly tree fern)
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Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Parent taxon: Cyatheaceae according to R. N. Lakhanpal et al. 1976
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Alsophila, Alsophilidites, Alsophilites, Alsophilocaulis, Cibotiocaulis, Cibotium, Conantiopteris, Coniopteris, Cyathea, Cyatheites, Cyatheopteris, Cyathocaulis, Cyathodendron, Cyathoforma, Cyathoides, Cyathorachis, Dendropteridium, Dicksoniopsis, Fasciostelopteris, Haydenia, Hemitelites, Kulyisporites, Pteridocaulis, Tympanophora, Yezopteris
Subtaxa: Protocyathea rajmahalense Protocyathea trichinopoliensis Protocyathea ungeri
Distribution: found only at Sakrigali Ghat (Jurassic of India)
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