Acer ashwilli
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Sapindales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Ginnala
Species: †Acer ashwilli
Name
[edit]Acer ashwilli J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 77. Feb 1987
Type material
[edit]- Holotype: UCMP 9036 A,B
- Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
- Collector: unknown
- Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
- Paratype: USNM 39182, 396047, 396048, 396049, 396050, 396051, 396052
- Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
- Collector: unknown
- Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
- Paratypes: UCMP 9029, 9030, 9031, 9032, 9033, 9034, 9035, 9037 A,B, 9038, 9039, 9040, 9041, 9042
- Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
- Collector: unknown
- Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
- Paratype: UOCM (unnumbered)
- Repository: Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, United States
- Collector: unknown
- Repository: Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, United States
Type locality
[edit]- Oligocene, Rupelian; Bridge Creek Flora, John Day Formation; Fossil (USGS 9420, UCMP PA-15, UCMP P5203), Wheeler County, Oregon, United States
Etymology
[edit]- "Melvin Ashwill has assiduously collected from numerous Tertiary localities near Madras, Oregon, and has supplied us with material of Acer from these localities."
Distribution
[edit]Oligocene
- Rupelian
- Bridge Creek Flora, John Day Formation; Allen Ranch (USGS 11531), Clackamas County Oregon, United States
- Bridge Creek Flora, John Day Formation; Clarno NE (UCMP 132), Clackamas County Oregon, United States
- Bridge Creek Flora, John Day Formation; Dugout Gulch (UCMP P4210, OMSI241), Clackamas County Oregon, United States
- Bridge Creek Flora, John Day Formation; Gray Ranch (UCMP P3750), Clackamas County Oregon, United States
- Bridge Creek Flora, John Day Formation; Kant Ranch (UCMP 3931), Clackamas County Oregon, United States
- Bridge Creek Flora, John Day Formation; Kennedy Ranch (USGS 9422), Clackamas County Oregon, United States
- Bridge Creek Flora, John Day Formation; Fossil (USGS 9420, UCMP PA-15, UCMP P5203), Wheeler County, Oregon, United States
- Bridge Creek Flora, John Day Formation; Summer Spring (Ashwill F-I), Wheeler County, Oregon, United States
References
[edit]- Wolfe, J.A. & Tanai, T. 1987. Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 22(1): 1–246. PDF
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–56852-1. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer ashwilli. Published online. Accessed: 56852-1 2025 November 14.