Paleoactaea nagelii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Cimicifugeae
Genus: †Paleoactaea

Species: P. nagelii

Name

Paleoactaea nagelii Pigg & DeVore 2005

Type locality

Tiffanian, Late Paleocene; Sentinel Butte Formation; near of New Salem, Morton County, North Dakota, USA.

Type material

• Holotype: University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA USWP 1572
• Paratypes: University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, USA UF15722-6277
• Paratypes: University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA USWP 6333; UWSP 1788; UWSP 3972; UWSP 3973; UWSP 1153; UWSP 3318; UWSP 3888
• Paratypes: Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA ASU #1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 12
• Paratypes: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA FMNHPP 34564; PP 34460

References

• Pigg, Kathleen B., DeVore, Melanie L. (2005); "Paleoactaea gen. nov. (Ranunculaceae) fruits from the Paleogene of North Dakota and the London Clay" American Journal of Botany 92 :1650-1659