Makotopteris princetonensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Athyriaceae
Genus: †Makotopteris
Species: †Makotopteris princetonensis

Name

†Makotopteris princetonensis Stockey, H.Nishida, & Rothwell, 1999

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 P1411
  • Repository: University of Alberta Paleobotanical Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Paratypes: UAPC P2345, P1412, P3585, P2712, P2564, P2314, P2385, P1179, P2333, P1182
  • Repository: University of Alberta Paleobotanical Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet princetonensis refers to the collecting locality."

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

• Stockey, R.A., Nishida, H., & Rothwell, G.W. 1999. Permineralized Ferns from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert. I. Makotopteris princetonensis Gen. Et Sp. Nov. (Athyriaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 160(5): 1047–1055. DOI: 10.1086/314191 JSTOR Reference page.