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Nyssa alata

Nyssa alata R.W. Br. Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., (375): 85. 31 Sep 1962

Name: Nyssa alata
Rank: Species
Generic Name: [Genus] Nyssa
Replaced Name: Sapindus alatus
Authors (Pub.): Brown R. W.
Publication: Paleocene Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains [1962/9]
Journal: Professional Papers / United States Geological Survey
Issue: 375
Page number: 85
Year: 1962
Fossil Status: leaves
Stratigraphy: Paleocene
Location: Seven Mile Creek, Montana, USA
Paleoregion: America (North)
Repository: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Repository Number: USNM P 4149, USNM P 4150
Num: Plate L, Figs. 9, 10
Pub.: Synopsis of the Flora of the Laramie Group [1887/6]

Doweld Alexander at: 01/06/2021 05:33

Originaly given as "Nyssa alata (Ward) Brown, n. comb."; but the basionym is an illegitimate later homonym; and the resulted name is nomenclaturally superfluous due to several previously validly published fossil-species were mentioned in the synonymy of a new fossil-species: Andromeda scripta Knowlton (1917), Apeibopsis neomexicana Knowlton (1917), Chrysobalanus lanceolatus Knowlt. (Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 155: 96. 19 Jun 1930), Ficus alata Knowlt. (Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 155: 64. 19 Jun 1930), Ficus occidentalis (Lesq.) Lesq. (Rept. U.S. Geol. Surv. Territ. 7: 200. 1878), Sophora richardsonii Knowlt. (Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 155: 97. 19 Jun 1930), Phyllites calhanensis Knowlt. (Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 155: 130. 19 Jun 1930).

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