Acer protomiyabi

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
Section: Acer sect. Platanoidea
Species:†Acer protomiyabi

Name

†Acer protomiyabi Se.Endo Short Pap. Inst. Geol. Paleontol. Tôhoku Univ., (1): 15. 5 Jul 1950

Synonyms

• Pro Parte
  • †Acer ezoanum auct. non Oishi & Huzioka. Wolfe. 1966. 825 . pl. 8, f. 6.

Type material

• Holotype: IGPTU 60994 (fruit)
  • Repository: Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

• ⧼hypotypes⧽: USNM 208467-208470, 396115 A&B, 396216-396218 (leaves) 208465, 208466 (fruits)
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States

Type locality

• Miocene; Tsusen coal-mine, Bunjirei, Tsusen-gun, Kogendo, North Korea

Distribution

Latest Oligocene-Early Miocene

• Seldovian
  • Frederika Formation; Skolai Creek (USGS 9927, USGS 9933), Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Southeast Fairbanks Borough?, Alaska, United States
  • Tyonek Formation, Kenai Group; Beluga River (USGS 9849), Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
  • Tyonek Formation, Kenai Group; Seldovia Point; Seldovia Point, Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States

Miocene

• ?
  • Tsusen coal-mine, Bunjirei, Tsusen-gun, Kogendo, North Korea

References

Primary references

• Endo, S. 1950. On the fossil Acer from Japan, Korea, and South Manchuria. Short papers from the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Tôhoku University (1): 11–17, pl. 3.  Reference page. 
• Wolfe, J.A. 1966. Tertiary plants from the Cook Inlet region, Alaska. United States Geological Survey:Professional Papers 398(B): 1–32. doi:10.3133/pp398B. ISSN 1044-9612.  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. Acer protomiyabi. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 19.