Fothergilla praeovata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Hamamelidaceae
Subfamilia: Hamamelidoideae
Genus: Fothergilla
Species: †F. praeovata

Name

Fothergilla praeovata (Chaney), Meyer & Machester, 1997

Type locality

Oligocene; John Day Formation; Oregon, USA.

Type material

• Holotype: Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA UCMP 91
• Paratype: Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA UCMP 90

References

• Radtke,Meghan G., Pigg, Kathleen B., & Wehr, Wesley C. (2005); "Fossil Corylopsis and Fothergilla leaves (Hamamelidaceae) from the Lower Eocene flora of Republic, Washington, U.S.A., and their evolutionary and biogeographic significance" International Journal of Plant Science 166(2):347–356