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Quercophyllum platanoides

Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae

Taxonomy
Quercophyllum platanoides was named by MacGinitie (1941). Its type specimen is Calif. Acad. Sci. Paleo. Type Coll. cotypes nos. 7778, 7779. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3347, Sailor Flat, which is in an Eocene floodplain shale in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Quercophyllum platanoides MacGinitie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFagales
familyFagaceae
genusQuercophyllumFontaine 1889
speciesplatanoides

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Quercophyllum platanoides MacGinitie 1941
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Quercophyllum platanoides (type locality: 24013)