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Barghoornia oblongifolia

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Burseraceae

Taxonomy
Barghoornia oblongifolia was named by Wolfe and Wehr (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 32695A, B, a leaf, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Republic Locality 8428, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian lacustrine horizon in the Klondike Mountain Formation of Washington. It is the type species of Barghoornia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Barghoornia oblongifolia Wolfe and Wehr p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Malvids
orderSapindales
familyBurseraceaeKunth 1824
genusBarghoornia
speciesoblongifolia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Barghoornia oblongifolia Wolfe and Wehr 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Wolfe and W. Wehr 1987Leaflets asymmetrical; shape narrow oblong, apex acute, base acute; long-petiolulate; margin coarsely serrate, apical angle acute, serration type A-4 to D-4, sinuses angular, spacing irregular; about two teeth per secondary vein, simple; petiolule about 7 mm long; venation pinnate; eight pairs of secondary veins, lowest pair departing at 70°, other pairs at 80°, straight, looping sharply near margin to make an almost quadrangular intercostal area, semicraspedodromous; external secondary branches entering teeth typically centrally but some apically;
tertiary veins orthogonal, few forming a large irregularly polygonal reticulum; quaternary veins orthogonal, forming a quadrangular to pentagonal reticulum
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Barghoornia oblongifolia (type locality: 11537)