Pteroheterochrosperma horseflyensis
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Magnoliopsida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Ordo: Incertae sedis
Genus: †Pteroheterochrosperma
Species: †Pteroheterochrosperma horseflyensis
Name
[edit]†Pteroheterochrosperma horseflyensis MacK.A.Sm., Greenwalt, & Manchester, 2023
Type locality
[edit]- Middle Eocene, Lutetian; Coal Creek Member, Kishenehn Formation; Dakin Site (USNM #43977); Middle Fork Flathead River, Flathead County, Montana, USA
Type material
[edit]- Holotype: USNM PAL 722530
- Repository:Paleobotany collections, Paleobiology Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
- Collected: 2018
- Repository:Paleobotany collections, Paleobiology Collections, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
Etymology
[edit]- "The specific epithet is for the Horsefly, British Columbia where the first fossils of this species were described."
Distribution
[edit]Eocene
- Ypresian
- Eocene Okanagan Highlands
- Tranquille Formation, Kamloops Group; McAbee site, Cache Creek area, Thompson-Nicola District, British Columbia, Canada
- Tom Thumb tuff, Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
- Unnamed Shale beds "Horsefly Shales", Unnamed sediments group; Near Horsefly, Horsefly River Valley, Cariboo region, central British Columbia, Canada
- Lutetian
- Dakin Site (USNM #43977), Coal Creek Member, Kishenehn Formation; Middle Fork Flathead River, Flathead County, Montana, USA
References
[edit]- Penhallow D.P. (1908). Report on Tertiary plants of British Columbia collected by Lawrence M. Lambe in 1906 together with a discussion of previously recorded tertiary floras. Geological series; Contributions to Canadian Paleontology. Ottawa, Canada: Geological Survey of Canada. pp. 1–167.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Pigg K.B.; Wehr W.C. 2002. Early Tertiary flowers, fruits and seeds of Washington State and adjacent areas Part-III. Washington Geology 30(3–4): 3–16.
- Smith M.A.; Greenwalt D.E.; Manchester S.R. 2023. Diverse fruits and seeds of the mid-Eocene Kishenehn Formation, northwestern Montana, USA, and their implications for biogeography. Fossil Imprint 79(1): 37–88. doi:10.37520/fi.2023.004. http://fi.nm.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/04_Smith.pdf.
- Pigg K.B.; Manchester S.R.; DeVore M.L. 2023. The early Eocene flora of Horsefly, British Columbia, Canada and its phytogeographic significance.. Fossil Imprint 79(2): 126–143. doi:10.37520/fi.2023.007.