Hypnites patens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hypnales
Classification System: Goffinet et al. (down to genus level) Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Bryophyta Classis: Bryopsida Subclassis: Bryidae Superordo: Hypnanae Ordo: Hypnales

Familia: Amblystegiaceae
Genus: †Hypnites
Species: †H. patens

Miocene, Langhian/Barstovian; Spokane Florule, Latah Formation, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway cut 1, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA

Holotype: USNM 36869
- Repository:Paleobotany collections, Paleobiology Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
  - Collector(s):Henry Fair and C. E. Fernquist, June, 1922

Miocene

Langhian/Barstovian
- Spokane forule, Latah Formation; Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway cut 1, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, USA

Britton E.G. in Knowlton F.H. (1926). "Flora of the Latah Formation of Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; with a report on the diatom deposit by Albert Mann". Shorter contributions to general geology, 1925 (PDF). Professional Paper. Vol. 140. United States Geological Survey. pp. 17–55, plates VIII-XXXI. doi:10.3133/pp140A.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Reference page.
LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. pp. 1–378. doi:10.1130/MEM51.Reference page.

Miller N. G. (1980). "Fossil mosses of North America and their significance". The Mosses of North America. pp. 9–36.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Tropicos.org 2025. Hypnites patens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Sep 2025. Reference page.