Betula hesterna Hickey 1977 (birch)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae

Full reference: L. J. Hickey. 1977. Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of western North Dakota. The Geological Society of America Memoir 150:1-183

Belongs to Betula according to L. J. Hickey 1977

Sister taxa: Betula aequalis, Betula alaskana, Betula alnoides, Betula angustifolia, Betula basiserrata, Betula beatriciana, Betula bendirei, Betula bryani, Betula coryloides, Betula dayana, Betula deltoides, Betula elliptica, Betula fairii, Betula fallax, Betula florissanti, Betula gracilis, Betula grandifolia, Betula heterodonta, Betula heteromorpha, Betula iddingsi, Betula largei, Betula leopoldae, Betula lutea, Betula macclintockia, Betula macrophylla, Betula nanoides, Betula nigra, Betula parcedentata, Betula perantiqua, Betula prenigra, Betula prisca, Betula pseudofontinalis, Betula schimperi, Betula stevensonii, Betula thor, Betula truncata, Betula utilis, Betula vogdesii

Type specimen: USNM 43180. Its type locality is White Butte (USNM 14048), which is in a Wasatchian channel siltstone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at White Butte (USNM 14048)

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