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Macginitiea whitneyi

Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae

Taxonomy
Aralia whitneyi was named by Lesquereux (1878). Its type specimen is U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. plesiotypes nos. 2229, 2230, 2231, 2232, 2233, 223 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platanophyllum whitneyi by MacGinitie (1941); it was recombined as Macginitiea whitneyi by Manchester (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Aralia whitneyi Lesquereux p. 20 figs. Pl. 5, Fig. 1
1919Aralia whitneyi Knowlton
1941Platanophyllum whitneyi MacGinitie p. 124 figs. Plate 25, figures l, 5; plate 26, figure 4; plate 27, figures 2-4
1986Macginitiea whitneyi Manchester

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderProtealesJussieu 1829
familyPlatanaceaeLestiboudois 1826
genusMacginitieaWolfe and Wehr 1986
specieswhitneyi()

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.

Macginitiea whitneyi Lesquereux 1878
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Platanophyllum whitneyi (23996 23997 23998 23999 24000 24002 24012 24013)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Aralia whitneyi (24145 24154 24157)