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Vitoxylon opalinum
Vitoxylon opalinum R.W. Br. J. Washington Acad. Sci., 32(10): 288. 15 Oct 1942
- Name
- Vitoxylon opalinum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Vitoxylon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Brown R. W.
- Publication
- A Miocene grapevine from the valley of Virgin Creek in northwestern Nevada [1942/10]
- Journal
- Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 10
- Page number
- 288
- Year
- 1942
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Location
- about 300 feet within the main drift of the Rainbow Ridge Opal Mine located on Virgin Creek, a tributary of Thousand Creek in Humboldt County, Nevada, and roughly 28 miles southwest of Denio, northwestern Nevada, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
- Repository Number
- USNM PAL 326646 A, USNM PAL 326646 B
