Paleosecuridaca curtisii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fabales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Polygalaceae
Genus: †Paleosecuridaca

Species: P. curtisii

Name

Paleosecuridaca curtisii Pigg, DeVore & Wojciechowski 2008

Type locality

Tiffanian 3, Late Paleocene; Sentinel Butte Formation; One mile (1.6 km) N of New Salem (Morton County), North Dakota (SE1/4 SW1/4 sec. 23 T140N R8W).

Type material

• Holotype: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA PP34562
• Paratypes: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA PP PP 34197, PP 34492a&b, PP 34562, PP 45489, PP 45490, PP 45492, PP 45498, PP45499a&b, PP 45507a&b
• Paratypes:University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, WI, USA USWP 3149; UWSP 3329; UWSP 2674; UWSP 3677; ASU 1600, UWSP 2676, UWSP 2679, UWSP 3447, UWSP 3149, UWSP 3447, UWSP 3599, UWSP 3759, UWSP 3891A, UWSP 3971, UWSP 3986, UWSP Borrowed specimen
• Paratypes:Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA ASU 5/01-1, ASU 5/01-3, ASU 5/01-65, ASU 5/01-2, ASU 7/99-1, ASU 7/02-1, ASU 7/02 No. 63, ASU 9/99A, ASU 10268, ASU 10267, ASU 10183, ASU 2008-1.

References

• Pigg, K. B., DeVore, M. L., & Wojciechowski, M. F., 2008; "Paleosecuridaca curtisii gen. et sp. nov., Securidaca‐Like Samaras (Polygalaceae) from the Late Paleocene of North Dakota and Their Significance to the Divergence of Families within the Fabales" International Journal of Plant Science 169 (9):1304–1313.