USNM 37428 Sequoia reichenbachi (Geinitz) Heer  

Notes

Hollick (1930)

Pl. 22 Fig. 5

 

 

Locality

From Hollick (1930) (p. 57)

"Yukon River, north bank, about 12 miles below Melozi telegraph station (original No. 3AH11); collected by Arthur Hollick and Sidney Paige in 1903 (lot 3248) (pl. 22, figs. 3, 4; pl. 27, fig. 4). Yukon River, north bank, at Bishop Rock (original No. 24); collected by W. W. Atwood and H. M. Eakin in 1907 (lot 4637) (pl. 22; fig. 5).

 

Locality Map

 

Description

From Hollick (1930) (p. 57)

"Sequoia reichenbachi (Geinitz) Heer, Flora fossilis arctica, vol. 1, p. 83, pl. 43, figs. 1d, 2b, 5a, 5d, 5dd, 8, 8b, 1868." (Heer 1868)

"Araucarites reichenbachi Geinitz, Characteristik der Schichten und Petrefacten des sachsisch-bohmischen Kreidegebirges, pt. 3, p. 98, pl. 24, fig. 4, Dresden and Leipzig, 1842." (Geinitz 1842)

 

Remarks

From Hollick (1930) (p. 57)

"The variety of forms that have been included under this specific name, ranging in age from Jurassic to Tertiary, renders impossible any critical comparison and discussion of our fragmentary specimens. Their reference to the species is to be regarded merely as the most convenient disposition that could be determined for them. They may be identified more or less satisfactorily with a number of Cretaceous forms of the species. A specimen collected at Bishop Rock, Yukon River (pl. 22, fig. 5), identified by Knowlton (1916) (p. 48) as Sequoia subulata Heer (misprinted "subalata") proves to be more satisfactorily identifiable as Sequoia reichenbachi."