Acer busamarum subsp. fingerrockense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
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: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Sectio: Acer sect. Macrophylla
Species:†A. busamarum
Subspecies: †Acer busamarum subsp. fingerrockense

Name

Acer busamarum subsp. fingerrockense J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 154, 156. pl. 50, figs. 1-6; pl. 51, figs. 1, 2; pl. 53, fig. 4. Feb 1987

Synonyms

• Pro Parte, non-typic
  • †Acer alvordense auct. non Axelrod. Axelrod. 1956 (part). 306. pl. 30, f. 9, 10.
  • Acer macrophyllum auct. non Pursh. J.A.Wolfe. 1964. N29. pl. 5, f. 4-6.
  • †Acer merriami auct. non Knowlton. LaMotte. 1936. 135. pl. 12, f. 7.
  • †Acer oregonianum auct. non Knowlton. Axelrod. 1985. 175. pl. 13, f. 8-9; pl. 15, f. 4, 5; pl. 34. f. 1,2.

Type material

• Holotype: UCMP 9161 (fruit) A. b. fingerrockense
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• Paratypes: GSC 82972 (fruit)
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

• Paratypes: MSUB 3, 81 (fruit)
  • Repository: University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States

• Paratypes: UCMP 856, 6659, 6662, 7080-7090, 7099, 7085-7087 (leaves) 821, 4373-4379, 6652-6658, 6660-6663, 9152-9157, 9159-9162 (fruits)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• Paratypes: UMMP 69150 (leaf) 44837, 69151-69153 (fruits)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• Paratypes: UOCM 33533 (fruit)
  • Repository: Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, United States

• Paratypes: USNM 315300 (leaf) 396165, 396166 (fruits)
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States

Type locality

• Miocene, Serrevallian; Trout Creek Formation; Trout Creek (UMMP PI·32·33), Trout Creek Mountains, Harney County, Oregon, United States

Etymology

• "Type specimen is from Fingerrock flora."

Distribution

Miocene

• Aquitanian-Serravallian (Hemingfordian-Barstovian NALMA)
  • Mascall Formation?, Blue Mountains flora; Sparta flora (UOCM 2726); Baker County, Oregon, United States
• Burdigalian (late Hemingfordian NALMA)
  • Buffalo Canyon Formation; Buffalo Canyon (UCMP PA-291, "UCMP 6101"), Churchill County, Nevada, United States
  • Upper Cedarville Formation; '49 Camp II (UCMP 97), Washoe County, Nevada, United States
• Langhian
  • Butte Creek Volcanic Sandstone; Skull Spring flora (USGS 11795), Malheur County, Oregon, United States
• Langhian-Serravallian (Barstovian NALMA)
  • Latah Formation, Clarkia Florule; Clarkia Site (UIB P-33), Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
  • McLean Formation, Fingerrock Wash Flora; Muller Amphitheater (UCMP PA99), Fingerrock Wash, Mineral County, Nevada, United States
  • McLean Formation, Fingerrock Wash Flora; Stewart Valley-Goldyke Road (UCMP PA342), Fingerrock Wash, Mineral County, Nevada, United States
  • Middlegate Formation; Eastgate (UCMP PA533), Churchill County, Nevada, United States
  • Middlegate Formation; Middlegate (UCMP P5101), Churchill County, Nevada, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation; Devils Gate (MSUB 9/22/77 I), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation; Fenwick Gulch (UMMP PT-2), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation?; Jamieson flora (USGS 11241), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation; Whiskey Creek (MSU8 8130 / 62 II), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
• "Middle Miocene"
  • Fraser Bend Formation, Chilcotin River flora (Hanceville flora) (GSC 6384), Chilcotin Group; Chilcotin River, British Columbia, Canada
• "Late Miocene"
  • Thurston Ranch Formation; Thurston Spring site (UCMP 775, "UCMP 5505"), Wine Cup Ranch SW Quadrangle, Elko County, Nevada, United States

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Axelrod, D.I. 1956. Mio-Pliocene floras from west-central Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 33: 1–322, pl. 1-32. Reference page. 
• Axelrod, D.I. 1985. Miocene floras from the Middlegate Basin, West-Central Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 129: 1–[280]. ISSN 0068-645X. Reference page. 
• LaMotte, R.S. 1936. The upper Cedarville flora of northwestern Nevada and adjacent California. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 455: 59–142, pl. 1-14. https://yadi.sk/i/ReD80xSsFCXjzA. Reference page. 

• Wolfe, J.A. 1964. Miocene floras from Fingerrock Wash, southwestern Nevada. United States Geological Survey:Professional Papers 454(N): 1–36. doi:10.3133/pp454N. Reference page. 
• Smith, J.D., Stewart & Carpenter, N.E. 2013. Fossil and recent mountain suckers, Pantosteus, and significance of introgression in catostomin fishes of Western United States. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 743: 1–59. ISSN 0076-8413. https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/122717.  Reference page. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–2026. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer busamarum. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jan 08.