Paleoactaea bowerbanki

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Cimicifugeae
Genus: †Paleoactaea

Species: P. bowerbanki
Name

Paleoactaea bowerbanki (Reid & Chandler) Pigg & DeVore 2005
Synonyms

Carpolithus bowerbanki (Reid & Chandler), 1933
Type locality

Early Eocene; London Clay Formation; Isle of Sheppey, northern Kent, England.
Type material

Holotype: Bowerbank Collection, Natural History Museum, London V. 23175

References

Pigg, Kathleen B., DeVore, Melanie L. (2005); "Paleoactaea gen. nov. (Ranunculaceae) fruits from the Paleogene of North Dakota and the London Clay" American Journal of Botany 92 :1650-1659