Acer macropterum (Heer)
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Sapindales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Section: incertae sedis
Species: †Acer macropterum
Name
[edit]†Acer macropterum Heer, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. N.F., 8(4): 37. 4 Sep 1869
Type material
[edit]- Lectotype: SMNH (unnumbered) (fruit)
- Repository: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
Type locality
[edit]- Latest Eocene-Early Oligocene, Seldovian; Tyonek Formation, Kenai Group; Seldovia Point (USGS 9858); Seldovia Point, Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Distribution
[edit]Latest Eocene-Early Oligocene
- Seldovian
- Tyonek Formation, Kenai Group; Seldovia Point (USGS 9858); Seldovia Point, Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Heer, O. 1869. Fossile Flora von Alaska (Flora fossilis Alaskana). Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. Ny följd 8(4): [1]–41, pl. 1-10. BHL Reference page.
- Knowlton, F.H.; Cockerell, T.D.A. (1919). Knowlton, F.H. (ed.). A Catalogue of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic plants of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–815. HathiTrustReference 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
[edit]- IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–2026. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer macropterum. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 23.