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Pithecolobium miocenica
Taxonomy
Pithecolobium miocenica was named by Axelrod (1939). It is extant. Its type specimen is UCMP 1474, 1475. Its type locality is Cache Peak (P-3643), which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Bopesta Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1939 | Pithecolobium miocenica Axelrod p. 113 figs. Plate 9, figures 6, 7 |
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Pithecolobium miocenica Axelrod 1939
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. I. Axelrod 1939 | Leaflets asymmetrically elliptical or obovate, the apex rounded and one side of the blade longer than the other, the base cuneate and inequilateral; 2.7 cm. long and widest above the middle, 1.1 to 1.5 cm. wide; apparently sessile; midrib stout, straight below and curved distally where thinner; 5 to 6 secondaries departing at about 55°, pursuing a rather straight course distally, camptodrome; tertiaries irregular, forming large meshes; margin entire; texture coriaceous. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kiessling 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Barstovian or 20.43000 to 12.50000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (California) | Pithecolobium miocenica (type locality: 19206) |