Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Full reference: L. J. Hickey. 1977. Stratigraphy and paleobotany of the Golden Valley Formation (Early Tertiary) of western North Dakota. The Geological Society of America Memoir 150:1-183
Parent taxon: Sterculiaceae according to L. J. Hickey 1977
Sister taxa: Brachychiton, Byttneriophyllum, Commersonia, Dombeya, Dombeyoxylon, Firmianites, Fremontia, Heritiera, Pterospermites, Pterospermoxylon, Pterospermum, Reevesia, Sezannella, Sphinxia, Sterculinium, Sterculiocarpus, Sterculioxylon, Sterculioxylon, Sterculiphyllum, Tarrietioxylon, Triplochitioxylon
Subtaxa: Penosphyllum cordatum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (2: North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (11: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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