Platanus dissecta
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Proteales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Platanaceae
Genus: Platanus
Subgenus: P. subg. Platanus
Species: †Platanus dissecta
Name
[edit]†Platanus dissecta Lesq. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard Coll., 6(2): 13. 6 Mar 1878
Synonyms
[edit]- Heterotypic
- †Acer merriami Knowlton, 1902, U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 204, p. 74, pl. 14, fig. 7.
- †Acer bendirei Lesq, 1888 [part], U.S. Natl. Mus. Proc., v. 11, pl. 5, fig. 5; pl. 6, fig. 1; pl. 7, fig. 1.
- †Platanus bendirei (Lesq) Wolfe, 1964, U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 454-N, p. N24, pl. 4, figs. 1, 2, 4.
- †Platanus pseudoccidentalis Hollick, 1927, Mem. New York Bot. Gard., 7: 409.
- †Platanus youngii A.K.Graham, 1963, Am. Jour. Botany, v. 50, p. 925, fig. 12.
Type material
[edit]- Lectotype: UCMP 1831
- Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
- Syntype: UCMP 1832
- Repository: Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, Unites States
Type locality
[edit]- Miocene, ?; Mehrten Formation, Table Mountain Flora; Table Mountain, near Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, United States
Etymology
[edit]- None given
Distribution
[edit]Late Oligocene-Early Miocene
- Seldovian
- Tyonek Formation, Kenai Group; Seldovia Point; Seldovia Point, Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States
Miocene
- Aquitanian-Serravallian (Hemingfordian-Barstovian NALMA)
- Mascall Formation; Riverbank Locality IV/Van Horn’s Ranch, Grant County, Oregon, United States
- Mascall Formation; White Hills/Belshaw’s Ranch, Grant County, Oregon, United States
- Burdigalian-Langhian
- Latah Formation, Clarkia Florule; Clarkia Racetrack, Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
- Latah Formation, Clarkia Florule; Emerald Creek, Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
- Latah Formation, White Bird Florule; White Bird, Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
- Latah Formation, Grand Coulee Florule; Grand Coulee, Grant County, Washington, United States
- Latah Formation, Spokane Florule; Brickyard, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington, United States
- Langhian
- Succor Creek Formation; Succor Creek, near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United State
- Serravallian-Tortonian (Clarendonian NALMA)
- Sardine Formation, Hidden Lake Flora; Hidden Lake, Lane County, Oregon, United States
- ?
- Mehrten Formation, Table Mountain Flora; Table Mountain, near Columbia, Tuolumne County, California, United States
- Neroly Formation, Corral Hollow Flora; Corral Hollow, Diablo Range, Merced County, California, United States
- ?, Vasa Park flora; Vasa Park, Bellevue, King County, Washington, United States
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Huegele, I.B., Spielbauer, R.J. & Manchester, S.R. 2020. Morphology and systematic affinities of Platanus dissecta Lesquereux (Platanaceae) from the Miocene of Western North America. International Journal of Plant Sciences 181(3): 324–341. doi:10.1086/706453. ISSN 1058-5893. JSTOR Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Graham, A.K. 1963. Systematic revision of the Sucker Creek and Trout Creek Miocene floras of southeastern Oregon. American Journal of Botany 50(9): 921–936. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1963.tb06572.x. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/142184.Reference page.
- Knowlton, F.H. (1902). "Fossil flora of the John Day Basin, Oregon". Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. C, Systematic Geology and Paleontology. Vol. 58 (204). pp. 1–153, pl. 1–17. doi:10.3133/b204.
Reference page. - Lesquereux, L.C. 1878. Report on the fossil plants of the auriferous gravel deposits of the Sierra Nevada. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 6(2): [i]-vi, [1]–62, [58, ind.], pl. 1-10.BHL Reference page.
- Lesquereux, L.C. 1888. Recent determinations of fossil plants from Kentucky, Louisiana, Oregon, California, Alaska, Greenland, etc., with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11: 11–38, pl. 4-16. BHLReference page.
- Wolfe, J.A. 1964. Miocene floras from Fingerrock Wash, southwestern Nevada. United States Geological Survey:Professional Papers 454(N): 1–36. doi:10.3133/pp454N.Reference page.
- Smith, H.V. 1939. Additions to the fossil flora of Sucker Creek, Oregon. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 24: 107-121, 7 pls.. https://yadi.sk/i/6liGjcHV3HbGMu. Reference page.
Links
[edit]- IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–2026. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Platanus dissecta. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 14.