Zygopteridales

Extinct order of ferns

Zygopteridales Temporal range: Middle Devonian–Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Alloiopteris erosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	†Zygopteridales
Families
†Zygopteridaceae

The Zygopteridales is an extinct order of ferns or fern-like plants which grew primarily during the Carboniferous.^[1] It comprises two families: Zygopteridaceae, which contains at least a dozen named genera,^[2] and Teledeaceae, which comprises two genera (Teledea and Senftenbergia). A few other genera are of uncertain placement and are not assigned to any family yet.

References

^ Peter R. Bell & Alan R. Helmsly (2000). "Chapter 7: The subkingdom Embryophyta (cont.)". Green Plants: Their Origin and Diversity. Cambridge University Press. p. 173.
^ Adolf Engler; Eberhard Fischer; Michael Stech (2009). Wolfgang Frey; Michael Stech; Eberhard Fischer (eds.). Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants. A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien [Syllabus of Plant Families]. Vol. 3 (13 ed.). Berlin/Stuttgart: Borntraeger. p. 325. ISBN 978-3-443-01063-8.