Ulmites Dawson 1891 (elm)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae

Full reference: J. W. Dawson. 1891. On fossil plants from the Similkameen Valley and other places in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 8(4):75-91

Parent taxon: Ulmaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Andrews 1970

Sister taxa: Cedrelospermum, Celtidophyllum, Celtipollenites, Celtis, Celtoidanthus, Chaetoptelea, Hemiptelea, Holoptelea, Holopteleoxylon, Momisia, Planera, Pteroceltis, Tremophyllum, Ulmaceaepites, Ulmacites, Ulmophyllum, Ulmoxylon, Ulmus, Ulmuxylon, Zelkova

Subtaxa: Ulmites microphylla Ulmites pusillus

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at North Fork of Similkameen River (Eocene of British Columbia)

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