Polypodiopsida - Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Parent taxon: Schizaeales according to PPG. I 2016
Sister taxa: Anemiaceae, Appendicisporites, Convolutispora, Nodosisporites, Plicatella, Ruffordiaspora, Schizaeaceae
Subtaxa: Lygodium
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (18 collections), India (6)
• Pliocene of China (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Panama (3), Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Germany (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Chile (1)
• Eocene of Australia (5), China (2), Germany (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (54: California, Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene of the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Tertiary of Ecuador (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Senegal (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (3: Wyoming)
Total: 117 collections including 126 occurrences