Acer latahense

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 latahense

Name

Acer latahense J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 80-81. Feb 1987

Type material

• Holotype: USNM 396136 A,B
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratype: USNM 396137, 396136 A,B,
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratype: UMMP 44840
  • Repository: University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States
    • Collector: unknown

• Paratypes: UCMP 9323
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
    • Collector: unknown

Type locality

• Miocene, Burdigalian-Langhian; Spokane Florule, Latah Formation; Vera Site (USGS 8427), near Veradale, Spokane Valley, Spokane County, Washington, United States

Etymology

• "Type locality is in Latah Formation"

Distribution

Miocene

• Burdigalian-Langhian
  • Spokane Florule, Latah Formation; Vera Site (USGS 8427), near Veradale, Spokane Valley, Spokane County, Washington, United States
  • Spokane Florule, Latah Formation; Brickyard Site (USGS 7884), Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, United States
• Aquitanian-Serravallian
  • Mascall Formation; Tipton (UCMP 3936); Baker County, Oregon, United States
• "middle Miocene"
  • Succor Creek Formation; Maple Ridge (UMMP PT-5A), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, 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. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–56852-1. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer latahense. Published online. Accessed: 56852-1 2025 November 15.