†Cruciptera simsonii Brown 1940
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Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae
Alternative combination: Tetrapteris simsonii
Full reference: R.W. Brown. 1940. New species and changes of name in some American fossil floras. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 30(8):344-356
Belongs to Cruciptera according to S. R. Manchester 1991
See also Brown 1940
Sister taxon: Cruciptera schaarschmidtii
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 3904, West Branch Creek, which is in an Eocene terrestrial siliciclastic in the Clarno Formation of Oregon
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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