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Geonoma giganteum

Geonoma giganteum Knowlt. Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., 1917, 101: 291. May 1918
Name
Geonoma giganteum
Rank
Species
Original spelling
gigantea
Generic Name
[Genus] Geonoma
Authors (Pub.)
Knowlton F. H.  
Publication
Fossil floras of the Vermejo and Raton formations of Colorado and New Mexico [1918/5]
Journal
Professional Papers / United States Geological Survey
Annee/Jahrgang
1917
Volume
101
Page number
291
Year
1918
Fossil Status
leaves
Stratigraphy
Paleocene
Strat. comment
Raton Formation
Location
one-eighth of a mile northeast of Rockland mine, north side of Cucharas Canyon, near Walsenburg, Colorado, USA
Paleoregion
America (North)
Data for Lectotypus
Designated by
Read, L.J. Hickey, Taxon, 21(1): 136. 28 Feb 1972
Repository
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Repository Number
USNM 34731
Num
Plate LXI
Descr.
incorrectly designated a 'holotype'
Pub.
Fossil floras of the Vermejo and Raton formations of Colorado and New Mexico [1918/5]
Data for Not defined
Repository
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Repository Number
USNM 34731; "This splendid species is represented by three or four specimens"
Nomenclatural synonyms (basionyms)

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