Acer tyrellense

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. Acer
Series: A. ser. Saccharodendron
Species:†Acer tyrellense

Name

†Acer tyrellense Smiley Univ. Calif. Publ. Geol. Sci., 35(3): 227. 15 May 1963 orth. emend.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • †Acer tyrelli Smiley Univ. Calif. Publ. Geol. Sci., 35(3): 227. 15 May 1963 orth. var.
• Pro Parte
  • †Acer arida auct. non Axelrod. Axelrod. 1956 (part). 307. pl. 31, f. 5, 6.
  • †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. Hoxie. 1965. (part). 30.
  • †Acer bolonderi auct. non Lesquereux. Axelrod. 1964. 127. pl. 16, f. 10-12.
  • †Acer columbianum auct. non Chaney & Axelrod. Axelrod 1964 (part). 127. pl. 15, f. 6, 7, 9.
  • †Acer nevadensis auct. non Axelrod. Axelrod. 1985. (part, nontypic). pl. 13 , f. 6.

Type material

• Holotype: UCMP 5472 (leaf)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• ⧼Referred Material⧽: UWBM 56259 (leaf)
  • Repository: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States

• Paratypes: MSUB 70 (leaf) "unnumbered" (fruit)
  • Repository: University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States

• Paratypes: UCMP 4380, 4381, 6667-6669, 6674, 7092-7096, 9197, 9198 (leaves) 6671-6673, 6675, 7084 A&B; 7091, 7097, 7098, 8473-8475, 8480-8482, 9195, 9196 (fruits)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

• Paratype: UOCM F25044 (fruit)
  • Repository: Museum of Natural and Cultural History, University of Oregon, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, United States

• Paratypes: USNM 396206 (leaf) 396207 A&B; 39608, 396209 (fruits)
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States

Type locality

• Miocene, Tortonian; Ellensburg Formation; Tyrell (UCMP PA-19), Yakima County, Washington, United States

Distribution

Miocene

• Aquitanian-Serravallian (Hemingfordian-Barstovian NALMA)
  • Mascall Formation; White Hills (-); Grant County, Oregon, United States
  • Mascall Formation?; Sparta flora (UOCM 2726); near Sparta, Blue Mountains, Baker County, Oregon, United States
• Burdigalian (late Hemingfordian NALMA)
  • Buffalo Canyon Formation; Buffalo Canyon (UCMP PA-291, "UCMP 6101"), Churchill County, Nevada, United States
  • Payette Formation, Idaho Group; Almaden (UCMP P601, UCMP PA954), Washington County, Idaho, United States
• Langhian-Serravallian (Barstovian NALMA)
  • Beaverdam Formation, Trapper Creek Flora; Trapper Creek (UCMP P571, USGS 9176), Cassia County, Idaho, United States
  • McLean Formation, Fingerrock Wash Flora; Muller Amphitheater (UCMP PA99), Fingerrock Wash, Mineral County, Nevada, United States
  • Middlegate Formation; Eastgate (UCMP PA533), Churchill County, Nevada, United States
  • Middlegate Formation; Middlegate (UCMP P5101), Churchill County, Nevada, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation; Rocky Ford (MSUB 9/16/77 I), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation; Whiskey Creek (MSUB 8130 / 62 II), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
• Tortonian
  • Ellensburg Formation; Priest Rapids (UWBM A2508), Columbia River, Yakima County, Washington, United States
  • Ellensburg Formation; Tyrell (UCMP PA-19), Yakima County, Washington, United States
  • Poison Creek Formation, Weiser Flora; Hog Creek (USGS 8923, UCMP 635), Washington County, Idaho, United States

Pliestocene

• Irvingtonian
  • Santa Clara Formation; Scott Valley II (UCMP PA129), Niles Canyon, Alameda County, California, United States

References

Primary references

• Smiley, C.J. 1963. The Ellensburg flora of Washington. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 35(3): 159–276, pl. 1-17. 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. 

Additional references

• Axelrod, D.I. 1956. Mio-Pliocene floras from west-central Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 33: 1–322, pl. 1-32. Reference page. 
• Axelrod, D.I. 1964. The Miocene Trapper Creek flora of Southern Idaho. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 51: 1–180. ISSN 0068-645X.  Reference page. 
• Axelrod, D.I. 1985. Miocene floras from the Middlegate Basin, West-Central Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 129: 1–[280]. ISSN 0068-645X. Reference page. 
• Hoxie, L.R. 1965. The Sparta flora from Baker County. Oregon. Northwest Science 39(1): 26-35. ISSN 0029-344X.  Reference page. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–2026. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer schorni. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 17.