Taxon | Frond rachis arrangement | Length of primary rachis prior to bifurcation (cm) | Location of ultimate pinnae | Pinnules | Fertile rachises bearing pollen organs | Prickles |
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Elkinsia [5] | Equally and repeatedly bifurcated | 0-13a | on secondary and higher orders of rachises | Laminate | Isotomously and cruciately dichotomized | absent |
Pinnate with bifurcated primary rachis | up to 15.5 | on both primary and secondary rachises | — | — | absent | |
Kongshania [8] | Pinnate | — | on tertiary rachises | Laminate | Isotomously dichotomized | absent |
Yiduxylon [13] | Pinnate with bifurcated primary rachis | ca. 3 | on tertiary rachises | Planate and highly dissected | — | absent |
Telangiopsis [10] | Pinnate with bifurcated primary rachis | 0a | on secondary rachises | Planate and highly dissected | Isotomously dichotomized | on stems |
Cosmosperma | Pinnate with bifurcated/trifurcated primary rachis | 10.3-21.2 | on tertiary rachises | Planate and highly dissected | Anisotomously dichotomized | on stems, frond rachises and cupule surfaces |