Quercophyllum platanoides MacGinitie 1941

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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