†Chaetoptelea pseudofulva Lesquereux 1878 (elm)
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Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Alternative combination: Ulmus pseudofulva
Full reference: L. Lesquereux. 1878. Report on the Fossil Plants of the Auriferous Gravel Deposits of the Sierra Nevada. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 6(2):1-62
Belongs to Chaetoptelea according to H. D. MacGinitie 1941
See also Knowlton 1919 and Lesquereux 1878
Sister taxon: Chaetoptelea microphylla
Type specimen: U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. plesiotypes nos. 2168, 2169, 2170, 2171, 2172, 217.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (10: California, Wyoming collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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