Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae
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 Menispermites according to L. J. Hickey 1977
Sister taxa: Menispermites acutilobus, Menispermites borealis, Menispermites brysoniana, Menispermites calderensis, Menispermites californicus, Menispermites cyclophyllus, Menispermites grandis, Menispermites integrifolia, Menispermites menispermifolius, Menispermites obtusiloba, Menispermites ovalis, Menispermites populifolius, Menispermites potomacensis, Menispermites reniformis, Menispermites rugosus, Menispermites salinae, Menispermites trilobatus, Menispermites variabilis, Menispermites wardianus, Menispermites wilcoxensis
Type specimen: USNM 43238. Its type locality is North of Gladstone (USNM 14083), which is in a Clarkforkian channel siltstone/sandstone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (20: Washington, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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