Palaeocarpinus pterabaratra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Betulaceae
Subfamilia: Coryloideae
Genus: †Palaeocarpinus
Species:†Palaeocarpinus pterabaratra

Name

Type locality

  • Paleocene; Fort Union Formation, Fort Union Group; Hell’s Half Acre (UF locality 18,250), west of Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA

Type material

  • Holotype:UF 18250–26203
    • Repository: Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida
  • Paratypes: UF 18250–26206, 15740e-26,395, 15740e-26,395
    • Repository: Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida
  • Paratype: FMNH PP 45157
    • Repository:Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Etymology

  • "Ptera (Gr = winged) bracts and baratra (Gr = Hell) from the occurrence in Hell’s Half Acre IV."

References

  • Correa-Narvaez, J.E. & Manchester, S. R. (2021). Distribution and Morphological Diversity of Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Paleogene of the Northern Hemisphere.. The Botanical Review 88(2): 161–203. 2021. doi:10.1007/s12229-021-09258-y. 
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