Republica litseafolia

†Republica litseafolia

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales
Genus: †Republica
Species: R. litseafolia

Name

†Republica litseafolia (Macginitie) Wolfe & Wehr, 1987

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Laurophyllum litseafolia Macginitie, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington, (534): 116. 15 Nov 1941
• Homotypic
  • Artocarpoides litseafolia (Macginitie) Wolfe, Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., (571): 19. Apr 1968
  • Dicotylophyllum litseafolia (Macginitie) Macginitie, 1969

Type material

• Syntypes: UCMP 2199, 2200, 2201, 2202, 2203 (leaves)
  • Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States

Type locality

• Early Eocene, Ypresian; Ione Formation, Chalk Bluffs Flora; Independence Hill, near Colfax, Placer County, California, USA

Etymology

• None given

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
  • Ione Formation, Chalk Bluffs Flora; Independence Hill, near Colfax, Placer County, California, United States

References

• MacGinitie, H.D. 1941. A Middle Eocene flora from the central Sierra Nevada. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (534): 1–178, pl. 1-48. HathiTrustReference page. 
• Wolfe, J.A. 1968. Paleogene biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington. U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 571: 1–33, pls. 1–7. PDF Reference page. 
• Wolfe, J.A.; Wehr, W.C. 1987. Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington.. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1597: 1–25. doi:10.3133/b1597.  Reference page. 

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