Acer scottiae

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 scottiae

Name

†Acer scottiae MacGinitie Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington, (416): 62. 26 Oct 1933

Synonyms

• Pro Parte
  • †Acer scottiae MacGinitie. 1933 (part, typic). 62. pl. 11, f. 8; pl. 12, f. 4.
  • †Acer scottiae MacGinitie.H.V.Smith. 1939. 116
  • †Acer scottiae MacGinitie. H.V.Smith. 1941 (part). 516. pl. 12, f. 9.
  • †Acer scottiae MacGinitie. Chaney & Axelrod. 1959 (part). 196. pl. 41, f. 6, 10; pl. 42, f. 1.
  • †Acer scottiae MacGinitie. Graham. 1965. 67. pl. 4. f. 3.
  • Acer species H.V.Smith. 1941 (part). 518. pl. 12, f. 9.

Type material

• Holotype: UCMP 613 (leaf)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• ⧼hypotype⧽: UCMG "unnumbered" (fruit)
  • Repository: Colorado University Museum of Natural History, Colorado University, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, United States

• ⧼hypotype⧽: UCMP 3212-3216, 9223 (leaf) 9222, 9352 (fruit)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• ⧼Hypotype⧽: UMMP 21460, 69160-69163 (leaves) 69164 (fruit)
  • Repository: University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States

• ⧼Hypotype⧽: UOCM F33535, F33531 (fruit)
  • Repository: Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, United States

• ⧼Hypotype⧽: USNM 396219 (leaf)
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States

Type locality

• Miocene, Serravallian; Trout Creek Formation; Trout Creek (UMMP PI·32·33), Trout Creek Mountains, Harney County, Oregon, United States

Etymology

• "This species is named in Honor of Agnes Scott Train (Mrs. Percy Train)."

Distribution

Miocene

• Aquitanian-Serravallian
  • Mascall Formation; White Hills/Dayville (UCMP 3735); Grant County, Oregon, United States
• Burdigalian-Serravallian
  • Latah Formation?; Cottonwood Creek (UOCM 2773), Near Freemen, Spokane County, Washington, United States
• Langhian
  • Succor Creek Formation; Carter Creek (UMMP PT- II), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation; Maple Ridge (UMMP PT-5A), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation; Whiskey Creek (MSU8 8130 / 62 II), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
• Langhian-Serravallian (Barstovian NALMA)
  • Pyramid Formation; Pyramid Lake (PA791), Washoe County, Nevada, United States
• Serravallian
  • Trout Creek Formation; Trout Creek (UMMP PI·32·33), Trout Creek Mountains, Harney County, Oregon, United States
• Tortonian
  • Poison Creek Formation, Weiser Flora; Hog Creek (USGS 8923, UCMP 635), Washington County, Idaho, United States

References

Primary references

• MacGinitie, H.D. 1933. The Trout Creek flora of southeastern Oregon. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 416: 21–68, pl. 1-16. 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. 

Additional references

• Chaney, R. & Axelrod, D. 1959. Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau: Part II. Systematic Considerations. Carnegie Institution of Washington. pp. 1–226.  HathiTrustReference page. 
• Graham, A.K. 1965. The Sucker Creek and Trout Creek Miocene Floras of Southeastern Oregon. Kent State University Bulletin 9(7-9): 1-147.  Reference page. 
• Smith, H.V. 1939. Additions to the fossil flora of Sucker Creek, Oregon. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 24: 107-121, 7 pls.. https://yadi.sk/i/6liGjcHV3HbGMu.  Reference page. 
• Smith, H.V. 1941. A Miocene flora from Thorn Creek, Idaho. American Midland Naturalist 25(3): 473–522. JSTORReference page. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–2026. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer scottiae. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 23.