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Pterocarya (wingnut)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Pterocarya Kunth
1919Pterocarya Knowlton
1959Pterocarya Brown p. 128
1977Pterocarya Hickey
1991Pterocarya Chauhan
1996Pterocarya Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFagales
familyJuglandaceae
genusPterocaryaKunth 1824

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.

G. Pterocarya Kunth 1824 [wingnut]
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†Pterocarya americana Lesquereux 1873
†Pterocarya denticulata Weber 1852
†Pterocarya hispida Brown 1962
†Pterocarya retusa Lesquereux 1888
Pterocarya stenoptera de Candolle 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 60.90000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 57.5 Ma

Collections (178 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Xinjiang) Pterocarya leptoneura (223851)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alaska) Pterocarya sp. (238461 238463 238575 238590 238598)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Pterocarya hispida (57995) Pterocarya spp. (31006 31219)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Pterocarya hispida (53011)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Pterocarya hispida (53959)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Pterocarya sp. (238466)
Paleocene - Oligocene66.0 - 23.04Canada (Nunavut) Pterocarya sp. (102066)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Pterocarya asymmetrosa (22815)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Pterocarya glabra (11331)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Pterocarya glabra (11352)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Pterocarya hispida (10969)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Pterocarya sp. (227994)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Pterocarya sp. (24463 24475)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Pterocarya 4-porate (237840) Pterocarya 5- to 8-porate (237804 237806 237807 237808 237809 237810 237811 237832 237833 237834 237835 237839 237841 237842) Pterocarya sp. (238475 238476 238477 238478 238479 238480 238481 238482 238483 238485) Pterocarya spp. (238561 238562 238564 238565 238566 238569 238570)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Pterocarya sp. (179231)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Pterocarya roanensis (24419)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Pterocarya pugetensis (22996)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Pterocarya macginitii (28745 28746)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Pterocarya sp. (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Pterocarya sp. (21220)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Pterocarya sp. (45449)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Pterocarya pugetensis (10744 21223 22890 22895 22902 22905 22906 22935 22997 22998 23001)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Pterocarya sp., Pterocarya occidentalis (35269)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Czechia Pterocarya sp. (91466)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Pterocarya crassa (22849)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Pterocarya crassa (23901)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene27.3 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Pterocarya mixta (35921)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Pterocarya crassa (22888 22889 22907 22908 23114 23663 23669 23673 23782 23888)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen) Pterocarya margaritana (24179 24534)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Virginia) Pterocarya type (231708)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Canada (Northwest Territories) Pterocarya sp. (21371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) Pterocarya crassa (23906) Pterocarya crassa, Pterocarya kireevskiana (23907 23908)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Pterocarya mixta (35278)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Pterocarya asymmetrosa (22796)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Pterocarya serrulata (223803)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bayern) Pterocarya limburgensis (28280 28281 28282 28283 28284)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Pterocarya oregoniana, Pterocarya sp. (23401)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Pterocarya sp. (79793)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Pterocarya limburgensis (23052 23060 23062 23685 27378)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Pterocarya limburgensis, Pterocarya rhoifolia (28442) Pterocarya sp. (28443)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Denmark (Jylland) Pterocarya sp. (28314)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Nevada) Pterocarya mixta (27700)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Tomsk) Pterocarya crassa (24081)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Pterocarya sp. (45451)
Langhian - Messinian15.98 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Pterocarya asymmetrosa (22744)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Pterocarya fraxinifolia (22899 23618 23652 27514) Pterocarya limburgensis (23058 27011) Pterocarya miolusatica (23355 27524) Pterocarya pteleaefolia (23661 23677) Pterocarya pteleaefolia, Pterocarya paradisiaca (27379 27512)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Sachsen) Pterocarya fraxinifolia (27515)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) Pterocarya sp. (184470)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Pterocarya sp. (152251)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Pterocarya insignis (222698)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Pterocarya kireevskiana (24286)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Pterocarya asymmetrosa (22755)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Pterocarya limburgensis (27918 27921 27927)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Pterocarya asymmetrosa (21225 21229 21239) Pterocarya asymmetrosa, Pterocarya protostenoptera (21265)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Pterocarya limburgensis (28046 28051 28053 28055 28113 28114 28115 28131 28132 28133)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6France (Elsass) Pterocarya limburgensis (21222)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) Pterocarya fraxinifolia (27277)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Aichi) Pterocarya sp. (168063)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Shaanxi) Pterocarya sp. (223874)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Pterocarya limburgensis (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Portugal Pterocarya sp. (232112 232121 232122 232124 232125 232148)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine) Pterocarya limburgensis (28171)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.774China (Xinjiang) Pterocarya stenoptera (223915)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Pterocarya limburgensis (51756 51757 51758)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Pterocarya limburgensis (28197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Pterocarya sp. (22712)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Pterocarya paradisiaca, Pterocarya pterocarpa (22778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Pterocarya sp. (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Kyoto City) Pterocarya sp. (168071)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Kishiwada city) Pterocarya sp. (168070)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Alpes Maritimes) Pterocarya caucasica (50522)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Pterocarya sp. (228815 228817 228822)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) Pterocarya sp. (157640)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France Pterocarya sp. (42673)