†Quercophyllum platanoides MacGinitie 1941
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Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae
Full reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178
Belongs to Quercophyllum according to H. D. MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxa: Quercophyllum chinkapinense, Quercophyllum grossedentatum, Quercophyllum wyomingense
Type specimen: Calif. Acad. Sci. Paleo. Type Coll. cotypes nos. 7778, 7779. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3347, Sailor Flat, which is in an Eocene floodplain shale in California.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. P3347, Sailor Flat
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