Acer ivanofense

Acer ivanofense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Glabra
Species:
A. ivanofense
Binomial name
Acer ivanofense
Wolfe & Tanai

Acer ivanofense is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from series of isolated fossil leaves. The species was described from Eocene to Oligocene[1] aged fossils found in the United States of America. It is one of several extinct species placed in the living section Glabra.[2]

  1. ^ Detterman, R.L.; Case, J.E.; Miller, J.W.; Wilson, F.H.; Yount, M.E. (1996). "Stratigraphic Framework of the Alaska Peninsula" (PDF). United States Geological Survey Bulletin. 1969-A: 46–48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  2. ^ Wolfe, J.A.; Tanai, T. (1987). "Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America". Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy. 22 (1): 23, 74, 75, 240, & plate 4.