Paleoactaea bowerbanki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Cimicifugeae
Genus: †Paleoactaea

Species: P. bowerbanki

Name

Paleoactaea bowerbanki (Reid & Chandler) Pigg & DeVore 2005

Synonyms

Carpolithus bowerbanki (Reid & Chandler), 1933

Type locality

Early Eocene; London Clay Formation; Isle of Sheppey, northern Kent, England.

Type material

• Holotype: Bowerbank Collection, Natural History Museum, London V. 23175

References

• Pigg, Kathleen B., DeVore, Melanie L. (2005); "Paleoactaea gen. nov. (Ranunculaceae) fruits from the Paleogene of North Dakota and the London Clay" American Journal of Botany 92 :1650-1659