Acer minor
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 minor
- Status: nomen dubium
Name
[edit]†Acer minor Knowlton, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv., (204): 76. Dec 1902
- †Acer minus Knowlton, International Fossil Plant Name index Acer minus orth. var.
Type material
[edit]- Lectotype: USNM 8500
- Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
Type locality
[edit]- Miocene, Aquitanian-Serravallian (Hemingfordian-Barstovian NALMA); Mascall Formation; Riverbank Locality IV/Van Horn’s Ranch, Grant County, Oregon, United States
Distribution
[edit]Miocene
- Aquitanian-Serravallian (Hemingfordian-Barstovian NALMA)
- Mascall Formation; Riverbank Locality IV/Van Horn’s Ranch, Grant County, Oregon, United States
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Lesquereux, L.C. 1888. Recent determinations of fossil plants from Kentucky, Louisiana, Oregon, California, Alaska, Greenland, etc., with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11: 11–38, pl. 4-16. BHLReference page.
- Knowlton, F.H. (1902). "Fossil flora of the John Day Basin, Oregon". Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. C, Systematic Geology and Paleontology. Vol. 58 (204). pp. 1–153, pl. 1–17. doi:10.3133/b204.
Reference page. - Chaney, R. & Axelrod, D. 1959. Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau: Part II. Systematic Considerations. Carnegie Institution of Washington. pp. 1–226. 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 minor. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 23.