Makotopteris princetonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Athyriaceae
Genus: †Makotopteris
Species: †Makotopteris princetonensis

Name

Makotopteris princetonensis Stockey, H.Nishida, & Rothwell, 1999

• Type locality: Middle Eocene, Princeton Group, Allenby Formation, 630 m above the Princeton-Black Coal seam in the Princeton Basin; East bank of the Similkameen River, ca. 8.4 km south of Princeton, British Columbia, Canada

• Holotype: University of Alberta Paleobotanical Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. P1411
• Paratypes: University of Alberta Paleobotanical Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton,. Alberta, Canada. P2345, P1412, P3585, P2712, P2564, P2314, P2385, P1179, P2333, P1182

References

• Stockey, R.A., Nishida, H., & Rothwell, G.W. 1999. Permineralized Ferns from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert. I. Makotopteris princetonensis Gen. Et Sp. Nov. (Athyriaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 160(5): 1047–1055. DOI: 10.1086/314191 JSTOR Reference page.