Rubus coloradense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
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: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Rosoideae
Tribus: Rubeae
Genus: Rubus
Subgenus: incertae sedis
Species: †Rubus coloradense

Name

• †Rubus coloradense (MacGinitie) J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 208. Feb 1987
  • †Rubus coloradensis International Fossil Plant Names Index orth. var.
• Basionym
  • †Acer coloradense MacGinitie Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington, (599): 139. 26 May 1953

Type material

• Holotype: UCMP 3939 (leaf)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

Type locality

• Eocene, Priabonian/Chadronian; Florissant Formation; unspecified site, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, near Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, USA

Etymology

• None given

Distribution

Eocene

• Priabonian/Chadronian
  • Florissant Formation; unspecified site, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, near Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, United States

References

Primary references

• MacGinitie, H.D. 1953. Fossil plants of the Florissant beds, Colorado. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (599): 1–198. ISSN 0099-4936.  HathiTrust Reference page. 
• 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

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–2026. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Rubus coloradensis. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 24.