†Cercocarpus antiquus Lesquereux 1878 (rose)
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Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Full reference: L. Lesquereux. 1878. Report on the Fossil Plants of the Auriferous Gravel Deposits of the Sierra Nevada. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 6(2):1-62
Belongs to Cercocarpus according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Axelrod 1939 and Lesquereux 1878
Sister taxa: Cercocarpus betulaefolius, Cercocarpus orestesi, Cercocarpus praeledifolius
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California, Nevada collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Montana)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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