Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae
Alternative combination: Acer vivarium
Full reference: F. H. Knowlton. 1899. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park. USGS Monograph Series 32(2)
Belongs to Platanus according to J. A. Wolfe and T. Tanai 1987
See also Knowlton 1899 and Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Platanus aceroides, Platanus appendiculata, Platanus aquehongensis, Platanus aspera, Platanus asperaeformis, Platanus basilobata, Platanus bella, Platanus bendirei, Platanus cissoides, Platanus coloradensis, Platanus condoni, Platanus cordata, Platanus diminutiva, Platanus dissecta, Platanus guillelmae, Platanus haydenii, Platanus heerii, Platanus heterophyllus, Platanus kuemmellii, Platanus latior, Platanus montana, Platanus neptuni, Platanus newberryana, Platanus nobilis, Platanus obtusiloba, Platanus occidentalis, Platanus orientalis, Platanus paucidentata, Platanus platanoides, Platanus raynoldsi, Platanus raynoldsii, Platanus regularis, Platanus rhomboidea, Platanus ripleyensis, Platanus shirleyensis, Platanus tsuyazakiensis, Platanus wardii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Fossil Forest Bed 3 (Eocene of Wyoming)
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