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Acer spitzi
Taxonomy
Acer spitzi was named by Wolfe and Tanai (1987). Its type specimen is UWMG 31272A, a seed/fruit (Samara), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Republic, UWBM locality A0307, which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Klondike Mountain Formation of Washington.
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Acer spitzi Wolfe and Tanai |
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†Acer spitzi Wolfe and Tanai 1987
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. A. Wolfe and T. Tanai 1987 | Fruits samaroid ; nutlets at basal end; nutlets 0.7 to 0.8 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, outline broadly oval, expanded slightly proximally, attachment scar 0.4 to 0.6 cm long; nutlet strongly inflated; about 8 obscure, approximately parallel veins on apical half on nutlet; flanges paralleling distal margin of nutlet, placed in distal 1/3 of nutlet, almost fused; attachment angle about 40°, nutlet angle about 30°, Wing entirely apical
to nutlet; 1.8 to 2.2 cm long, 0.8 to 1.0 cm wide, widest in apical 1/3; thickened basally; distal margin broadly convex, proximal margin straight for about 2/3 of length, apex broadly rounded; about 6 coalesced veins along proximal side, wing veins diverging at angles of 10° to 30 °, irregular in course, irregularly bifurcating, anastomoses common, reticulate veinlets present. |