Acer tiffneyi

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 tiffneyi

Name

†Acer tiffneyi J.A.Wolfe & Tanai J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ., Ser. 4, Geol., 22(1): 192, 194. pl. 21, figs. 1·6; text-fig. 181 Feb 1987

Synonyms

• Pro Parte
  • †Acer glabroides auct. non R.W.Brown. Becker 1969 (part). 113. pl. 36, f. 22.
  • †Acer oregonianum auct. non Knowlton. Becker 1969 (part). 113. pl. 35, f. 17.
  • †Acer scottiae auct. non MacGinitie. Becker 1969 (part). 114. pl. 35, f. 5, 7.
  • Acer? sp. Becker. 1961. 81. pl. 25, f. 10, 11.

Type material

• Holotype: YPM/NYBG 511 A,B (leaf) (note:YPM/NYBG 511 and 599 are parts of same specimen)
  • Repository: Paleobotany collections, Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
    • Note: Specimens originally in New York Botanic Gardens collection, transferred to the Yale Peabody Museum.

• Paratypes: YPM/NYBG 594 (leaf) 513 (fruit)
  • Repository: Paleobotany collections, Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
    • Note: Specimens originally in New York Botanic Gardens collection, transferred to the Yale Peabody Museum.

• Paratypes: UCMP 9320 (leaf)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

Type locality

• Eocene, Latest Eocene-Earliest Oligocene; Christensen Ranch (Becker 32), Powell County, Montana, United States

Etymology

• "In recognition of Bruce H. Tiffney's contributions to the biogeography of Tertiary plants."

Distribution

Eocene

• Latest Eocene-Earliest Oligocene
  • Renova Formation; Beaver Creek (-), Beaverhead Basin, Powell County, Montana, United States
  • Renova Formation; Christensen Ranch (Becker 32), Powell County, Montana, United States
  • Renova Formation; Grant (Becker 69, USGS 8513), Beaverhead Basin, Beaverhead County, Montana, 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

• Becker, H.F. 1961. Oligocene plants from the upper Ruby River Basin, southwestern Montana. Memoir-Geological Society of America 82: 1–122. doi:10.1130/MEM82-p1. ISSN 0072-1069.  Reference page. 
• Becker, H.F. 1969. Fossil plants of the Tertiary Beaverhead Basins in Southwestern Montana. Palaeontographica. Abteilung B, Paläophytologie 127(1-6): 1–61. ISSN 0375-0299.  Reference page. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–2026. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer tiffneyi. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 19.