Trawetsia princetonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Blechnaceae
Genus: †Trawetsia
Species: †Trawetsia princetonensis

Name

Trawetsia princetonensis Smith, Stockey, H.Nishida & Rothwell, 2006

Type locality

• Type locality: Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Princeton Chert, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; Similkameen River east bank, 8.5 km (5.3 mi) south of Princeton, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

• Holotype: UAPC P1247 A, B3, B4, B5, C.
  • Repository: University of Alberta Paleobotanical Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Paratypes: UAPC P1182 C2, D; P1233 C, D; P1247 D–H; P1330 G; P1345 A, B; P1350 B, C; P1573 A,B; P1645 E; P2793 B; P2917 D; P5110 B, D; P5161 E, F; P5124 A–C; P5125 A; P5126 A1, B–G; P5129 G, H, I; P6594 A, B1–D1, E–I.
  • Repository: University of Alberta Paleobotanical Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Etymology

• "The specific epithet princetonensis recognizes that the material is from Princeton, British Columbia."

References

• Smith, S.Y., Stockey, R.A., Nishida, H. & Rothwell, G.W. 2006. Trawetsia princetonensis gen. et sp. nov. (Blechnaceae): A Permineralized Fern from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert. (Special Section: Evolution of Modern Ferns). International Journal of Plant Sciences 167(3): 711–719. DOI: 10.1086/501034 JSTOR Reference page.