Tilia johnsoni

Tilia johnsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales 
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 II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Tilioideae
Genus: Tilia
Species: †Tilia johnsoni

Name

Tilia johnsoni Wolfe & Wehr, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., (1597): 16. 13 Nov 1987

Type Material

  • Holotype: UWBM 39712 (part side)
    • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
  • Holotype: UCMP 9291 (counterpart side)
    • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Type locality

  • Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; South Republic (USGS 8428), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA

Etymology

  • "We take pleasure in naming this species for Kirk Johnson, who has assisted in collecting much of the new material from Republic."

Distribution

Eocene

  • Ypresian
  • Eocene Okanagan Highlands
    • Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation; South Republic (USGS 8428), Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA

References

  • Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. 1987. Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington.. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1597: 1–25. doi:10.3133/b1597.  Reference page.