Acer chaneyi

†Acer chaneyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Rubra
Species: †Acer chaneyi

Name

• †Acer chaneyi Knowlt. Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., 140(A): 45. 19 Feb 1926

Synonyms

• Pro Parte, non-typic
  • †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. Chaney & Axelrod. 1959 (part). 191. pl. 38, f. 12; pl. 39, f. 1,5,6.
  • †Acer bendirei auct. non Lesquereux. A.K.Graham. 1965. 66. pl. 4, f. 1
  • †Acer glabroides auct. non R.W.Brown. Chaney & Axelrod. 1959 (part). 193. pl. 40. f. 4.
  • †Acer glabroides auct. non R.W.Brown. Axelrod. 1964. 14 1.
  • †Acer merriami auct. non Knowlton. Berry. 1931. 39. pl. 13, f. 13.
  • †Acer middlegatei auct. non Axelrod. Axelrod. 1956 (part, nontypic). 307. pl. 31, f. 7-8.
  • †Acer middlegatei auct. non Axelrod. Axelrod. 1964. 142.
  • †Acer middlegatensis auct. non Axelrod. Axelrod. 1985 (part, nontypic). 171. pl. 14, f. 11.
  • †Acer osmonti auct. non Knowlton. MacGinitie. 1933 (part). 62.
  • †Acer osmonti auct. non Knowlton. R.W.Brown. 1937a. 513. text-f. 1.
  • †Acer osmonti auct. non Knowlton. R.W.Brown. 1937b (part). 180. pl. 58 , f. 16, 17.
  • †Acer osmonti auct. non Knowlton. Smith. 1939 (part). 11 6. pl. 3, f. 1; pl. 4, f. I.
  • †Acer trilobatum auct. non (Braun) Heer. Knowlton. 1904. 157. pI. 29, f. 2.
  • †Platanus dissecta auct. non Lesquereux Axelrod. 1964. 142
  • Quercus cf. †Quercus pseudo-lyrata auct. non Lesquereux Knowlton. 1926. 36. pl. 22, f. 2.
  • †Rhus oregonensis H. V. Smith. 1938. 56 1. pl. 29, f. 9.
  • †Urena miocenica A.K.Graham. 1963. 934. f. 6, 7.

Nomenclatural notes

• • †Acer bendirei Lesquereux, type specimens moved to Platanus bendirei
  • †Acer grahamensis Knowlton & Cockerell (1919) rejected for non-diagnostic holotype.
  • †Acer gigas Knowlton, Zhu & Manchester (2020) resurrected and restricted to fruits Wolfe & Tanai included in A. chaneyi, with note that A. gigas has name priority if leaves and seeds are confirmed as the same biologic entity.

Type material

• Holotype: USNM 396089 (leaf)
  • Repository: United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Mall, Washington DC, United States
    • Collector: unknown

Type locality

• Miocene, Burdigalian-Langhian; Spokane Florule, Latah Formation; Spokane (UCMP 3940), Spokane County, Washington, United States

Distribution

Oligocene

• Late Oligocene
  • Hemlock Conglomerate; Kukak Bay (USGS 11812), Katmai National Park and Preserve, Shelikov strait, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States
• ?
  • ?, Gumboot Mountain Flora; Gumboot Mountain (UCMP PA399), Skamania County, Washington, United States

Late Oligocene-Early Miocene

• Seldovian
  • Frederika Formation; Skolai Creek (USGS 9927, USGS 9933), Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Southeast Fairbanks Borough?, Alaska, United States
  • Kootznahoo Formation; Kanalku Bay (USGS 9826), Admiralty Island, Hoonah-Angoon Borough, Alaska, United States

Miocene

• Aquitanian
  • Little Butte Formation; Collawash II (UCMP PA-l), near the Collawash River, Clackamas County Oregon, United States
  • Little Butte Formation; Little Butte Creek (USGS 8914), east of Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, United States
• Aquitanian-Serravallian (Hemingfordian-Barstovian NALMA)
  • Mascall Formation; White Hills/Dayville (UCMP 3735); Grant County, Oregon, United States
  • Mascall Formation; Riverbank Locality IV (UCMP P4127); Grant County, Oregon, United States
  • Mascall Formation; Stinking Water Creek II (UCMP P4120); Harney County, Oregon, United States
  • Mascall Formation?, Blue Mountains flora; Austin (UCMP 3937); Grant County, Oregon, United States
  • Mascall Formation, Blue Mountains flora; Tipton (UCMP 3936); Grant County, Oregon, United States
• Burdigalian-Langhian
  • Latah Formation, Clarkia Florule; Clarkia (UIB P-37), Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
  • Latah Formation, Couer d'Alene Florule; Couer d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho, United States
  • Latah Formation, Grand Coulee Florule; Grand Coulee (USGS 9078), Grant County, Washington, United States
  • Latah Formation, Spokane Florule; Five Mile Canyon, Spokane County, Washington, United States
  • Latah Formation, Spokane Florule; Shelly Lake (USGS 7579), Spokane County, Washington, United States
  • Latah Formation, Spokane Florule; Spokane (UCMP 3940), Spokane County, Washington, United States
  • Latah Formation, Spokane Florule; Vera (USGS 8427), near Veradale, Spokane Valley, Spokane County, Washington, United States
  • Latah Formation, Spokane Florule; Vera (USGS 9756), near Veradale, Spokane Valley, Spokane County, Washington, United States
• Burdigalian
  • Payette Formation, Idaho City flora; Cartwright Ranch (UCMP 3743), Boise County, Idaho, United States
  • Payette Formation, Idaho City flora; Horseshoe Bend (UCMP P591), Boise County, Idaho, United States
• Langhian-Serravallian
  • Chloropagus Formation, Purple Mountain flora; Truckee N II site (UCMP AX 6209, UCMP PA740), Near Truckee, Washoe County, Nevada, United States
  • Middlegate Formation; Eastgate (UCMP PA533), Churchill County, Nevada, United States
  • Pyramid Formation; Pyramid Lake (PA791), Washoe County, Nevada, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation; Rocky Ford (MSUB 9/16/77 I), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
  • Succor Creek Formation; Whiskey Creek (MSU8 8130 / 62 II), near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon, United States
• Serravallian-Tortonian (Clarendonian NALMA)
  • Sardine Formation; Faraday Dam Flora (USGS 9281), Clackamas County, Oregon, United States
  • Sardine Formation; Hidden Lake Flora (USGS 9349), Lane County, Oregon, United States
• "Late Middle to early Late Miocene"
  • Trout Creek Formation; Trout Creek (UMMP PT-W-20), Trout Creek Mountains, Harney County, Oregon, United States
  • Trout Creek Formation; Trout Creek II (UCMP 275), Trout Creek Mountains, Harney County, Oregon, United States

References

Primary references

• Knowlton, F.H. (1926). "Flora of the Latah Formation of Spokane, Washington, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; with a report on the diatom deposit by Albert Mann". Shorter contributions to general geology, 1925 (PDF). Professional Paper. Vol. 140. United States Geological Survey. pp. 17–55, plates VIII-XXXI. doi:10.3133/pp140A.Reference page. 
• Wolfe, J.A. & Tanai, T. 1987. Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 22(1): 1–246.  PDF Reference page. 
• Zhu, H. & Manchester, S.R. 2020. Red and Silver Maples in the Neogene of Western North America: Fossil Leaves and Samaras of Acer Section Rubra. International Journal of Plant Sciences 181(5): 542–556. doi:10.1086/707106.  Reference page. 

Additional references

• Axelrod, D.I. 1956. Mio-Pliocene floras from west-central Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 33: 1–322, pl. 1-32. Reference page. 
• Chaney, R. & Axelrod, D. 1959. Miocene Floras of the Columbia Plateau: Part II. Systematic Considerations. Carnegie Institution of Washington. pp. 1–226.  HathiTrustReference page. 
• 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.; Cockerell, T.D.A. (1919). Knowlton, F.H. (ed.). A Catalogue of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic plants of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey. pp. 1–815. HathiTrustReference page. 

• Oliver, E.S. 1934. A Miocene flora from the Blue Mountains, Oregon. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 455(1): 1–27, pl. 1-5. https://yadi.sk/i/SGIeWecB3JxHXM. Reference page. 
• Smith, H.V. 1938. Some new and interesting late Tertiary plants from Sucker Creek, Idaho-Oregon boundary. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 65(8): 557-564. doi:10.2307/2480794. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2480794.  Reference page. 

Links

• IFPNI International Editorial Board 2014–56852-1. The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Acer chaneyi. Published online. Accessed: 56852-1 2025 December 3.