Cruciptera simsonii

Taxonavigation

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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

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Cruciptera simsonii (Brown) Machester 1991

Synonyms

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Tetrapteris simsonii Brown, 1940

Type locality

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

Type specimen

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

References

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  • 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.