Acer stockeyae

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: †A. sect. Columbiana
Species:†Acer stockeyae

Name

†Acer stockeyae J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 108-109. pl. 5, figs. 10, 11. 14 Feb 1987

Type material

• Holotype: UAPC S13273 A&B (fruit)
  • Repository: University of Alberta paleontological collections, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanogan Highlands; Vermilion Bluffs Member, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; One Mile Creek (B3389), near Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• "Ruth A. Stockey has been of invaluable assistance in supplying us with material of Eocene Acer."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Vermilion Bluffs Shale unit, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; One Mile Creek (B3389), near Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

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 stockeyae. Published online. Accessed: 56852-1 2025 December 13.