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Ternstroemites aureavallis

Angiospermae - Parietales - Ternstroemiaceae

Taxonomy
Ternstroemites aureavallis was named by Hickey (1977). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 167527. Its type locality is White Butte (USNM 14048), which is in a Wasatchian channel siltstone in the Golden Valley Formation of North Dakota.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Cassara (authorized by H. Sims) on 2003-11-07; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Ternstroemites aureavallis Hickey

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
orderParietales
familyTernstroemiaceae
genusTernstroemitesBerry 1916
speciesaureavallis

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.

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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: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Wasatchian or 66.00000 to 51.10000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Montana) Ternstroemites aureavallis (129028)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Ternstroemites aureavallis (129153)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Ternstroemites aureavallis (11348 11352 11355 11382 28673 28688 28900 28905)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (North Dakota) Ternstroemites aureavallis (type locality: 10802 10974)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Ternstroemites aureavallis (28696)