Wessiea yakimaensis
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Taxonavigation: Polypodiales |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Dryopteridaceae
Genus: †Wessiea
Species: W. yakimaensis
Name[edit]
Wessiea yakimaensis Pigg & Rothwell 2001
Type locality[edit]
Middle Miocene, Museum Flow Package, Sentinel Bluffs Unit, Central Columbia Plateau N2 Grande Ronde Basalt, Columbia River Basalt Group; ~7.3 km north of the Interstate 82 Firing Center Exit, Yakima County, Washington, USA.
Type material[edit]
- Holotype: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA UWBM56441 Specimen on 3A, #1-3 and 3 EB #1-3
- Paratype: Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA UWBM 56441 Specimen on 3F, #2 top
References[edit]
- Pigg, Kathleen B. & Rothwell, Gar W. (2001); "Anatomically preserved Woodwardia virginica (Blechnaceae) and a new Filicalean fern from the Middle Miocene Yakima Canyon Flora of central Washington, USA" American Journal of Botany 88(5):777-787