Nelumbo aureavallis Hickey 1977 (lotus)

Angiospermae - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae

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 Nelumbo according to L. J. Hickey 1977

Sister taxa: Nelumbo dawsoni, Nelumbo intermedia, Nelumbo kempii, Nelumbo lakesiana, Nelumbo laramiensis, Nelumbo nangalensis, Nelumbo nucifera, Nelumbo protolutea, Nelumbo puertae, Nelumbo pygmaea, Nelumbo saskatchuense

Type specimen: USNM 43231. Its type locality is South Central Fairy Dells (USNM 14089), which is in a Wasatchian channel siltstone/shale in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (4: North Dakota collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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