Back
Quercus oberlii
Quercus oberlii Buechler, M.T. Dunn, Rember Contr. Mus. Paleontol. Univ. Michigan, 31(12): 331. 20 Dec 2007
- Name
- Quercus oberlii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Quercus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Buechler W. K.
Dunn M. T.
Rember W. C.
- Publication
- Late Miocene Pickett Creek flora of Owyhee County, Idaho [2007/12]
- Journal
- Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 12
- Page number
- 331
- Year
- 2007
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Tortonian
- Strat. comment
- Pickett Creek Formation
- Location
- Pickett Creek fossil beds (at 1359 m elevation, 43° 00.351' N / 116° 33.215' W) 13.3 miles south of Murphy and 6 miles west of Oreana, Owyhee County, Idaho, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Museum of Palaeontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
- Repository Number
- UM 73737 (I-A227)
- Diagnosis
- Distinguishing characteristics that classify these leaves as Quercus are the high divertion angle of secondaries, the coriaceous texture of the leaf, and the thickened margin.
