Microphyllopteris Arber, 1917 sensu Cantrill and Nagalingum, 2005

Halamski, Adam T., 2013, Latest Cretaceous leaf floras from southern Poland and western Ukraine, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 (2), pp. 407-443 : 410

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Microphyllopteris Arber, 1917 sensu Cantrill and Nagalingum, 2005
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Genus Microphyllopteris Arber, 1917 sensu Cantrill and Nagalingum, 2005

Type: Microphyllopteris pectinata Arber, 1917 ; Triassic , New Zealand .

Remarks.—Following Cantrill and Nagalingum (2005), the genus Microphyllopteris Arber, 1917 is used here for ferns that possess some characters of the Gleicheniaceae but cannot be assigned conclusively to any family.

Cantrill, D. J. and Nagalingum, N. S. 2005. Ferns from the Cretaceous of Alexander Island, Antarctica: Implications for Cretaceous phytogeography of the Southern Hemisphere. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 137: 83 - 103.