Stauropteridaceae

Extinct family of ferns

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Stauropteridaceae Temporal range: Devonian–Upper Carboniferous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Pteridophyta
Order:	†Stauropteridales
Family:	†Stauropteridaceae
Genera
†Stauropteris †Gillespiea †Rowleya

Stauropteridaceae is a family of ferns or fern-like plants from the Devonian and Upper Carboniferous. It is the only family placed in the order Stauropteridales.^[1]

References

^ Thomas N. Taylor, Edith L. Taylor, Michael Krings: Paleobotany. The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants. Second Edition, Academic Press 2009, ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8, p. 405-407.

Fern classification

Supergroup Plant:
Bryophyta
Marchantiophyta
Polypodiophyta
Acrogymnospermae
Angiospermae

Basal clade

†Ibykales
- †Ibykaceae

†Cladoxylopsida

†Cladoxylales
- †Cladoxylaceae
- †Voelkeliaceae
†Hyeniales
- †Hyeniaceae
†Iridopteridales
- †Iridopteridaceae
†Pseudosporochnales
- †Pseudosporochnaceae
†Steloxylales
- †Steloxylaceae

Polypodiopsida

†Stauropterididae

†Stauropteridales
- †Stauropteridaceae

†Zygopterididae

†Rhacophytales
- †Rhacophytaceae
†Zygopteridales
- †Zygopteridaceae

Equisetidae

†Pseudoborniales †Pseudoborniaceae †Sphenophyllales †Aspidostachyaceae †Boegendorfiaceae †Boegendorfiaceae †Eviostachyaceae †Sphenophyllaceae
Equisetales	†Asterocalamitaceae †Autophyllitaceae †Honseleriaceae †Archaeocalamitaceae †Paracalamitaceae †Calamitaceae †Apocalamitaceae †Konnostachyaceae †Manchurostachyaceae †Notocalamitaceae †Schizoneuraceae †Sorocaulinaceae †Echinostachyaceae †Gondwanostachyaceae †Tchernoviaceae Equisetaceae

Ophioglossidae

Psilotales	Psilotaceae
Ophioglossales	Ophioglossaceae

Marattiidae

Marattiales	†Knorripteridaceae †Pecopteridaceae †Ptychocarpaceae †Weichseliaceae †Asterothecaceae †Danaeopsidaceae Marattiaceae

Polypodiidae

†Anachoropteridales
- †Anachoropteridaceae
- †Psalixochlaenaceae
- †Sermayaceae
†Botryopteridiales
- †Botryopteridiaceae
†Senftenbergiales
- †Senftenbergiaceae
†Urnatopteridales
- †Crossothecaceae
- †Discopteridaceae
- †Urnatopteridaceae

Osmundales

†Guaireaceae
Osmundaceae

Hymenophyllales

Hymenophyllaceae

Gleicheniales

Schizaeales

†Acrostichopteridaceae
†Cynepteridaceae
†Klukiaceae
†Stachypteridaceae
†Tempskyaceae
Anemiaceae
Lygodiaceae
Schizaeaceae

Salviniales

†Heroleandraceae
Marsileaceae
†Hydropteridiaceae
Salviniaceae

Cyatheales

Thyrsopteridineae	Thyrsopteridaceae Loxsomataceae Plagiogyriaceae Culcitaceae
Cyatheineae	†Tanydoraceae Metaxyaceae Cibotiaceae Dicksoniaceae Cyatheaceae

Polypodiales

Saccolomatineae	Saccolomataceae
Lindsaeineae	Cystodiaceae Lonchitidaceae Lindsaeaceae
Pteridineae	Pteridaceae
Dennstaedtiineae	Dennstaedtiaceae
Aspleniineae	Cystopteridaceae Rhachidosoridaceae Diplaziopsidaceae Hemidictyaceae Desmophlebiaceae Aspleniaceae Thelypteridaceae Woodsiaceae Onocleaceae Blechnaceae Athyriaceae
Polypodiineae	Hypodematiaceae Didymochlaenaceae Dryopteridaceae Lomariopsidaceae Nephrolepidaceae Tectariaceae Oleandraceae Davalliaceae Polypodiaceae

Taxon identifiers
Stauropteridaceae	Wikidata: Q5494619 Wikispecies: Stauropteridaceae GBIF: 4893470 IRMNG: 111783 Open Tree of Life: 4733182
Stauropteridales	Wikidata: Q2334660 Wikispecies: Stauropteridales IRMNG: 11907129