Acer dettermani

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. Macrantha
Species: †Acer dettermani

Name

Acer dettermani J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 79-80. Feb 1987

Type material

• Holotype: USNM 396014
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratype: USNM 396015
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
    • Collector: unknown

Type locality

• Eocene, Priabonian; Meshik Formation; Mount Aniakchak (USGU 11640), Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States

Etymology

• "Robert L. Detterman has greatly contributed to understanding the Tertiary stratigraphy of the Alaska Peninsula"

Distribution

Eocene

• Priabonian
• Meshik Formation; Mount Aniakchak (USGU 11640), Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States

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. 
• Detterman R.L.; Case J.E.; Miller J.W.; Wilson F.H.; Yount M.E. 1996. Stratigraphic Framework of the Alaska Peninsula. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1969-A: 46–48. doi:10.3133/b1969A. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–56852-1. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer dettermani. Published online. Accessed: 56852-1 2025 November 14.