Dickwhitea allenbyensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Athyriaceae
Genus: †Dickwhitea
Species: †Dickwhitea allenbyensis

Name

†Dickwhitea allenbyensis Karafit, Rothwell, Stockey, & Nishida, 2006

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Princeton Chert, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; Similkameen River east bank, 8.5 km (5.3 mi) south of Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: UAPC P1080
  • Repository: University of Alberta paleontological collections, university of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet allenbyensis signifies the formation from which the material was collected and the nearby abandoned mining town of Allenby, British Columbia, for which the formation was named."

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Princeton Chert, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; Similkameen River east bank, 8.5 km (5.3 mi) south of Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

References

• Karafit S.J.; Rothwell G.W.; Stockey R.A.; Nishida H. 2006. Evidence for sympodial vascular architecture in a filicalean fern rhizome: Dickwhitea allenbyensis gen. et sp. nov.(Athyriaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 167(3): 721–727. doi:10.1086/501036.