Juglans rugosa

Juglans rugosa Lesq. Rep. (Annual) U.S. Geol. Surv. Territ., 1871, 5(Supplement): 10. 1872

Name: Juglans rugosa
Rank: Species
Original spelling: rugosus
Generic Name: [Genus] Juglans
Replaced Name: Juglans praerugosa
Authors (Pub.): Lesquereux L. C.
Publication: Report on fossil flora [1872]
Journal: Annual report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories
Annee/Jahrgang: 1871
Volume: 5
Issue: Supplement
Page number: 10
Year: 1872
Fossil Status: leaves
Stratigraphy: Maastrichtian
Strat. comment: Mesaverde Formation
Location: Point of Rocks, Wyoming, USA
Paleoregion: America (North)
Repository: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Repository Number: USNM P 456
Num: Plate LV, figure 4
Pub.: Contributions to the fossil flora of the Western Territories II [1878/1-3]

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Juglans rugosa

Doweld Alexander at: 01/06/2025 15:32

Knowlton (in Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv. 130: 121-122. 1922) discussed the inventory of fossil specimens of Lesquereux in the USNM: he rejected this specimen as doubtfully collected from locus classicus (stated in 1872).

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