Cruciptera simsonii (R.W.Br.) Manchester

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN003696

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:3696

Author: S. R. Manchester

Rank: species

Basionym: Tetrapteris simsonii R.W.Br.

Genus: Cruciptera Manchester

Reference for this name: Manchester, S. R. (1991): Cruciptera, a new Juglandaceous winged fruit from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America. – Systematic Botany 16(4): 715–725.

Page of description: 719

Original diagnosis/description

A 4-winged samara resembling a propeller, one of the wings of which is shorter and narrower than the other three. Venation of wings subparallel to flaring near the apex.

Stratigraphy

Paleogene, Eocene
Clarno Formation

Locality

United States
West Branch Creek "Four miles west of Mitchell"