†Aesculus constabularisii Wheeler et al. 2023 (soapberry)
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Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Full reference: E. A. Wheeler, S. R. Manchester, and P. Baas. 2023. A late Eocene wood assemblage from the Crooked River Basin, Oregon, USA. PaleoBios 40(14):1–55
Belongs to Aesculus according to E. A. Wheeler et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Aesculus antiquus, Aesculus arctica, Aesculus hickeyi, Aesculus hippocastanum, Aesculus indica, Aesculus pavia, Aesculus simulata
Type specimen: UF 278-84887, a wood. Its type locality is Dietz Hill, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the John Day Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Dietz Hill
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