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Robinia californica

Angiospermae - Rosales - Papilionaceae

Taxonomy
Robinia californica was named by Axelrod (1939). Its type specimen is UCMP 1478, 1479, 1480 and is a 3D body fossil. 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
YearName and author
1939Robinia californica Axelrod p. 114 figs. Plate 9, figures 10-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderRosales
familyPapilionaceaeGiseke
genusRobinia
speciescalifornica

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.

Robinia californica Axelrod 1939
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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 Miocene to the top of the Serravallian or 23.03000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Robinia californica (23975)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Robinia californica (23973)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Robinia californica (27701 27702)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Robinia californica (type locality: 19206)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Robinia californica (35412)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) Robinia californica (27527 27626 27627 27629)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Robinia californica (27662)