Cruciptera simsonii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Juglandaceae
Genus: †Cruciptera

Species: C. simsonii

Name

Cruciptera simsonii (Brown) Machester 1991

Synonyms

Tetrapteris simsonii Brown, 1940

Type locality

Eocene Clarno formation; "Four miles west of Mitchell", West Branch Creek, Wheeler County, Oregon

Type specimen

• Holotype: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA; USNM 42334A

References

• Manchester, Steven R. (1991); "Cruciptera, a New Juglandaceous Winged Fruit from the Eocene and Oligocene of Western North America" Systematic Botany 16(4):715-725
• Manchester, Steven. R. (1994); "Fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon." Palaeontographica Americana 58: 1–205.