Fothergilla praeovata

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Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Hamamelidaceae
Subfamilia: Hamamelidoideae
Genus: Fothergilla
Species: †F. praeovata

Name[edit]

Fothergilla praeovata (Chaney), Meyer & Machester, 1997

Type locality[edit]

Oligocene; John Day Formation; Oregon, USA.

Type material[edit]

  • Holotype: Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA UCMP 91
  • Paratype: Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA UCMP 90

References[edit]

  • Radtke,Meghan G., Pigg, Kathleen B., & Wehr, Wesley C. (2005); "Fossil Corylopsis and Fothergilla leaves (Hamamelidaceae) from the Lower Eocene flora of Republic, Washington, U.S.A., and their evolutionary and biogeographic significance" International Journal of Plant Science 166(2):347–356