Acer taggarti

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. Rubra
Species: †Acer taggarti

Name

• †Acer taggarti J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 88. Feb 1987

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. Lesquereux 1884 (part, nontypic). 14, p1. 8, f. 1.
  • †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. Chaney & Axelrod. 1959 (part). 191. p1. 39, f. 4.
  • †Acer bolanderi auct. non Lesquereux. Chaney & Axelrod. 1959. 192. pl. 39, f. 7-12.
  • †Acer glabroides auct. non R.W.Brown. Chaney & Axelrod. 1959 (part). 193. p1. 40, f. 6.

Type material

• Holotype: UCMP 9104 (leaf)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
    • Collector:Ralph Works Chaney on 1 July 1920

• Paratypes: UCMP 9102, 3184 A&B, 3185, 3186 A&B, 3202, 9103 (leaves)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
    • Collector:

• Paratypes: UCMP 3178, 3187, 3188, 3189, 9105, 9106 (fruits)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
    • Collector:

Type locality

• Miocene, Aquitanian-Serravallian; Mascall Formation; White Hills (UCMP 3735); Grant County, Oregon, United States

Etymology

• "Ralph E. Taggart has contributed to understanding successional aspects of Neogene assemblages and, as well, has provided us access to the numerous, unpublished Succor Creek collections."

Distribution

Miocene

• Aquitanian-Serravallian
  • Mascall Formation; Meadow Locality I (UCMP P4123); Grant County, Oregon, United States
  • Mascall Formation; White Hills (UCMP 3735); Grant County, Oregon, United States

References

Primary 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. 

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. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–56852-1. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer taggarti. Published online. Accessed: 56852-1 2025 December 7.