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Paleoflora of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands

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The paleoflora of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands includes all plant and fungi fossils preserved in the Eocene Okanagan Highlands Lagerstätten. The highlands are a series of Early Eocene geological formations which span an 1,000 km (620 mi) transect of British Columbia, Canada and Washington state, United States and are known for the diverse and detailed plant fossils which represent an upland temperate ecosystem immediately after the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum, and before the increased cooling of the middle and late Eocene to Oligocene. The fossiliferous deposits of the region were noted as early as 1873, with small amounts of systematic work happening in the 1880-90s on British Columbian sites, and 1920-30s for Washington sites. A returned focus and more detailed descriptive work on the Okanagan Highlands sites revived in the 1970's. The noted richness of agricultural plant families in Republic and Princeton floras resulted in the term "Eocene orchards" being used for the paleofloras.

Paleoflora

The Eocene Okanagan Highlands hosted a diverse mix of temperate and tropical paleobiotic elements,[1] with the forests having the first significant proportions of temperate plants in North America.[2] The paleobotanical community was a mixture of plants found in subtropical evergreen and temperate deciduous forests.[1] Included in the forest were a number of important modern temperate flowering plant families such as Betulaceae, Rosaceae, and Sapindaceae, plus the conifer family Pinaceae. Study of the deciduous plants from the highlands has documented the occurrence of heteromorphic leaves derived from sun versus shade conditions and long shoot or short shoot buds.[2] The paleobotanical community of the Republic area has been noted as the most diverse floral community of the Okanagan highlands, with some estimates ranging to over 68 families and 134 genera being present.[3] The noted richness of Rosaceae fossils along with other important agricultural plant families found in the Republic and Princeton floras, including the genera that contain modern apples, blackberries, cherries, and serviceberries resulted in Wes Wher and Donald Hopkins (1994) coining the term "Eocene orchards".[4][5] Fossil evidence from both Sorbus/Crataegus and Rhus leaves in the Republic sites indicate the area was a center for species overlap and active hybridization events.[2]

Extent

The majority of the lake deposits are compression fossils in lake bed sediments grouped informally into "Northern", "Central", and "Southern" sites.[6] The Northern sites are comprised of unnamed Ootsa Group formations which outcrop as the "Driftwood shales" near Smithers, British Columbia, sites now considered lost in the Quesnel, British Columbia area,[7] and the "Horsefly shales", of an unnamed formation and unnamed group which outcrop around Horsefly, British Columbia.[6] The Central sites represent Kamloops Group formations with the McAbee Fossil Beds, Tranquille River site and Falkland site, all in the Tranquille Formation, the Quichena site and Stump Lake site in the Coldwater Beds and outcrops of the Chu Chua Formation near Barriere, British Columbia. The Southern sites include the Princeton Group Allenby Formation sites surrounding Princeton, British Columbia, such as "Nine Mile Creek", "One Mile Creek", "Pleasant Valley", "Thomas Ranch", "Vermilian Bluffs", and "Whipsaw Creek". The most southerly of the Okanagan Highlands lakes, the Klondike Mountain Formation in Northern Ferry County, Washington include the "Boot Hill", "Corner Lot", "Gold Mountain", "Knob Hill", and "Mount Elizabeth" localities.[6] Closely correlated with the Klondike Mountain Formation are the Penticton groups Kettle River, Marama and Marron Formations in the Boundary District along the Canada-United States border.[8]

There is debate as to the affiliation of the, now lost, Quesnel outcrops with the Greater Okanagan Highlands. Archibald et al (2018) in the monograph overview of the Highlands Hymenoptera included them as part of the series. However the certainty for the placement was later questioned by Archibald and Cannings (2022) who opted to tentatively exclude Quesnel from the highlands while discussing the history of field collecting in the region.[7]

Chert and amber

Princeton Chert & "Ashnola shales" interbedding

Additionally two important non-compression biotas are present in the Eocene Okanagan Highlands. A permineralized chert flora, the Princeton Chert is found along the Similkameen River interbedded with coal deposits of the Ashnola shale unit, Allenby Formation known for anatomically preserved plants.[9] In the Central sites, subbituminous coal of the Hat Creek Coal Formation around Hat Creek hosts an amber fauna, the Hat Creek amber which preserves many small insects that would likely not be found in the compression biotas.[10]

Diatoms

Two algae taxa of the protist order Ochrophyta have been described from the highlands, and are placed in the family Aulacoseiraceae, a member of the diatom order Bacillariophyceae,.[11] The third algae is identified as a living paleoendemic Mallomonas species now restricted to warmer climates in North America and Europe.[12]

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Aulacoseiraceae

Aulacoseira

"Undescribed"[11]

  • Horsefly

An aulacoseiraceous diatom
Not described to species

Aulacoseiraceae

Eoseira

Eoseira wilsonii[13]

  • Horsefly

An aulacoseiraceous diatom

Mallomonadaceae

Mallomonas

Mallomonas intermedia[12]

  • Horsefly

An mallomonadaceous synurid algae
Extant, and considered a paleoendemic species for Canada

Bryophytes

A group of six mosses were described from the Allenby Formation by Kuc (1972,1974) representing the genera Ditrichites, Hypnites and Plagiopodopsis, with two species placed in the morphogenus Muscites.[14][15] Further revision of the fossils was conducted by Milner (1980), who placed two species into the genus Plagiopodopsis and moved both species described as Palaeohypnum to other genera.[16] One further moss has been described from Horsefly, and placed in the living genus Aulacomnium by Janssens et al (1979).[17] Dillhoff et al. (2013) reference undescribed moss specimens from the Klondike Mountain Formation known from vegetative gametophytes.[18]

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Aulacomniaceae

Aulacomnium

Aulacomnium heterostichoides[17]

  • Horsefly

An aulacomniaceous moss

?Ditrichaceae

Ditrichites

Ditrichites fylesi[15]

  • Princeton

A ditrichaceous moss

Amblystegiaceae

Hypnites

Hypnites jovet-astiae[15][16]

  • Princeton

An amblystegiaceous moss,
First described as Palaeohypnum jovet-asti,
moved to Hypnites jovet-astiae in 1980

Amblystegiaceae

Hypnites

Hypnites steerei[15][16]

  • Princeton

An amblystegiaceous moss
First described as Palaeohypnum steerei,
moved to Hypnites steerei in 1980

Bartramiaceae

Plagiopodopsis

Plagiopodopsis eocenicus[14][16]

  • Princeton

A bartramiaceous moss
First described as Muscites eocenicus,
moved to Plagiopodopsis eocenicus in 1980

Incertae sedis

Muscites

Muscites maycocki[15]

  • Princeton

A moss of uncertain placement

Incertae sedis

Muscites

Muscites ritchiei[15]

  • Princeton

A moss of uncertain placement

Undescribed

Undescribed

Undescribed[18]

  • Horsefly
  • Princeton
  • Republic

Undescribed moss specimens

undescribed bryophyte

Lycophytes

Both an undescribed member of the fossil quillwort genus Isoetites[19] and the spikemoss genus Selaginella[20] have been found in the Klondike Mountain Formation, while an additional fossil deemed Cf. Selaginella was later reported from the Allenby Formation.[18]

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Isoetaceae

Isoetites

Undescribed[19]

  • Republic

A quillwort relative
Not described

Isoetites species

Selaginellaceae

Selaginella

Undescribed[20]

  • Republic

A spikemoss
Not described

Selaginella species

Selaginellaceae

Cf. Selaginella

Undescribed[18]

  • Princeton

A spikemoss from the Thomas Ranch site.
Not described

Pteridophytes

Four species of ferns and fern relatives have been described from the compression biotas and an additional four compression taxa that have been tentatively identified to family or genus. A series of four additional ferns have been described from premineralized specimens in the Princeton Chert and a fifth taxon is identified to genus.

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Athyriaceae

Dickwhitea

Dickwhitea allenbyensis[21]

  • Princeton Chert

An athyriaceous fern

Athyriaceae

Makotopteris

Makotopteris princetonensis[22]

  • Princeton Chert

An athyriaceous fern

Blechnaceae

Woodwardia

Woodwardia arctica[23]

  • Chu Chua

A blechnacious fern
First identified as Woodwardia maxoni[24]

Blechnaceae

Trawetsia

Trawetsia princetonensis[25]

  • Princeton Chert

A blechnacious fern

Cystopteridaceae

Cf. Cystopteris

Undescribed[20]

  • Republic

A possible bladder fern relative.
Not identified to species

Dennstaedtiaceae

Dennstaedtia

Dennstaedtia christophelii[26]

  • Falkland
  • Republic

A Hayscented fern

Dennstaedtia christophelii

Dennstaedtiaceae

Dennstaedtiopsis

Dennstaedtiopsis aerenchymata[27]

  • Princeton Chert

A dennstaedtioid fern

Equisetaceae

Equisetum

Equisetum similkamense[28][29][24][23]

  • Chu chua
  • Princeton

A scouring rush
Berry (1926) suggested the species was a synonym of Equisetum boreale.[24]

Equisetaceae

Equisetum

Undescribed[30][20][31]

  • Hat Creek
  • Republic

A scouring rush.
Not identified to species

Equisetum species
Not described

Hymenophyllaceae

Hymenophyllum

Hymenophyllum axsmithii[26]

  • Republic

A filmy fern

Lygodiaceae

Lygodium

Undescribed[20]

  • Republic

A climbing fern.
Not identified to species

Osmundaceae

Osmunda

Undescribed[32][31]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Princeton
  • Princeton Chert

An osmundaceous fern
Not identified to species

Salviniaceae

Azolla

Azolla primaeva[33]

  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A mosquito fern,
First described as Azollophyllum primaevum

Salviniaceae

Azolla

Undescribed[34][23]

  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena

A mosquito fern,
Not identified to species

Salviniaceae

Salvinia

Undescribed[23]

  • Republic

A "watermoss" species.
Not identified to species.
Found only at the Mt Elizabeth site.

Salvinia species
not described

Gymnosperms

Three major groups of gymnosperms are present in the Okanagan Highlands formations, with the most speciose being the pinophytes. The ginkgophytes are represented by two species of Ginkgo, while an undescribed Zamiaceae member is the sole cycadophyte.

Cycadophytes

Name Authority Year Family Notes Images

Zamiaceae

Undescribed

Undescribed[35][36]

  • Republic

A zamiaceous cycad.
Not described to genus/species

Undescribed zamiaceous leaf

Gingkophytes

Name Authority Year Family Notes Images

Ginkgoaceae

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba[37][36][24]

  • Chu chua
  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A ginkgo,
Possibly belonging to †Ginkgo adiantoides instead.[24]

Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgoaceae

Ginkgo

Ginkgo dissecta[37][36][38]

  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A ginkgo

Ginkgo dissecta

Ginkgoaceae

Ginkgo

Undescribed[36][31][34][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • Hat Creek
  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena

A ginkgo
Not described to species

Conifers

Cupressaceae

Name Authority Year Subfamily Notes Images

Cunninghamioideae

Cunninghamia

Undescribed[36]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A Cunninghamia
Not described to species

Cunninghamia species.

Cupressoideae

Calocedrus

Undescribed[36][34]

  • Quilchena
  • Republic

An incense cedar
Not described to species

Cupressoideae

Chamaecyparis

Chamaecyparis linguaefolia[39]

  • Princeton

A false cypress

Cupressoideae

Chamaecyparis

Undescribed[40][36][31][38][23][34]

  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A false cypress
Not described to species
Possibly in the Callitropsis nootkatensis lineage.[41]

Cupressoideae

Juniperus

Undescribed[31]

  • Hat Creek (pollen)
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee (pollen)
  • Princeton

A juniper
Not described to species

Cupressoideae

Thuja

Undescribed[40][36][31][23][34]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

An arborvitae
Not described to species

Cupressoideae

Cf. Calocedrus

Undescribed[36]

  • McAbee

An incense cedar relative
Not described to genus/species

Cupressoideae

Cf. Thujopsis

Undescribed[36]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee

A Hiba relative
Not described to genus/species

Sequoioideae

Metasequoia

Metasequoia milleri[42]

  • Princeton Chert

A dawn redwood

Sequoioideae

Metasequoia

Metasequoia occidentalis[43][24][44][45][36][38][18]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Kettle River
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic
  • Tranquille

A dawn redwood
Older sources identified as "Sequoia" brevifolia, "S." heeri. "S." langsdorfii (in part),
"S." nordenskiöldi, Taxodium distichum miocenum (in part), & Taxodium occidentale[24]

Metasequoia occidentalis

Sequoioideae

Metasequoia

Undescribed[34]

  • Falkland
  • Hat Creek

A dawn redwood
Not described to species

Sequoioideae

Sequoia

Sequoia affinis[39][38]

  • Falkland
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A Redwood
Reported by Brown (1935) from Republic as "Sequioa langsdorfii"

Sequoia affinis

Sequoioideae

Sequoia

Undescribed[36][23][34]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena

Taiwanioideae

Taiwania

Undescribed[23]

  • Republic

A Taiwania species
not described to species

Taxodioideae

Cryptomeria

Undescribed[40][31]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

A sugi
Not described to species

Taxodioideae

Glyptostrobus

Glyptostrobus europaeus[24][46]

  • Chu Chua
  • Horsefly
  • Kamloops
  • Stump Lake
  • Princeton

A Chinese swamp cypress

Taxodioideae

Glyptostrobus

Undescribed[40][31][34]

  • Falkland
  • Hat Creek
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A Chinese swamp cypress
Not described to species

Glyptostrobus species

Taxodioideae

Taxodium

Taxodium dubium[24][47][39][44][36][38]

  • Chu Chua
  • Republic

A bald cypress

Taxodioideae

Taxodium

Undescribed[36][31]

  • Chu Chua
  • Falkland
  • Hat Creek (pollen)
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena

A bald cypress
not described to species

Pinaceae

Name Authority Year Subfamily Notes Images

Abietoideae

Abies

Abies milleri[48][36][38][18]

  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

Oldest true fir described

Abietoideae

Abies

Abies steenstrupiana[24][49][39]

  • Chu Chua
  • Quilchena

A fir conescale morphospecies
Moved from Pinus steenstrupiana (1868)

Abietoideae

Abies

Undescribed[36][31][34]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena

A true fir
Not described to species

Abietoideae

Keteleeria

Undescribed[34]

  • Quilchena

A Keteleeria species
Not described to species

Abietoideae

Pseudolarix

Pseudolarix amabilis[50]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Stump Lake

A golden larch
originally identified as Pseudolarix americana,[39]
then as Pseudolarix arnoldii[51]

Abietoideae

Pseudolarix

Pseudolarix wehrii[50]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A long bracted golden larch
Originally described as Pseudolarix americana.[51]

Pseudolarix wehrii

Abietoideae

Pseudolarix

Undescribed[36][31][34]

  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena

A golden larch
Not described to species

Abietoideae

Tsuga

Undescribed[40][36][31][23][34]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee (pollen)
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A hemlock
Not described to species

Laricoideae

Pseudotsuga

Pseudotsuga miocena[52]

  • Horsefly (Cariboo mine ~400–500 ft (120–150 m) depth)

A Carbonized/petrified wood species

Piceoideae

Picea

Picea columbiensis[43]

  • Kettle River

A spruce cone species

Picea columbiensis

Piceoideae

Picea

Undescribed[39][40][36][31][34]

  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A spruce
Not described

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus allisonii[53]

  • Princeton Chert

A 2-needled Pine

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus andersonii[53]

  • Princeton Chert

A 3-needled Pine

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus arnoldii[54][55]

  • Princeton Chert

A basal Pine,
Cones belonging to the 5 needle Pinus similkameenensis foliage

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus columbiana[43]

  • Kettle River

A permineralized pinaceous wood, compression cone species

Pinus columbiana

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus driftwoodensis[56]

  • Driftwood

A permineralized pinaceous cone

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus latahensis[47][39]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A 5-needle pine

Pinus latahensis

Pinoideae

Pinus

"Pinus macrophylla"[47]

  • Republic

A 3 needle pine, jr homoym to Pinus macrophylla Lindley 1839

"Pinus macrophylla"

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus monticolensis[47][39]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A pinaceous winged seed morphogenus

Pinus monticolensis

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus princetonensis[53]

  • Princeton Chert

A pinaceous cone

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus similkameenensis[54][55]

  • Princeton Chert

A basal Pine,
5-needled foliage belonging to the Pinus arnoldii cones

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus tetrafolia[47]

  • Republic

A possible 4 needled pine
Noted by Berry as
"highly improbable that this should represent a distinct botanic species"

"Pinus tetrafolia"

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus trunculus[24][39]

  • Chu Chua
  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena
  • Princeton
  • Tranquille
  • Stump Lake

A 3-needle pine

Pinoideae

Pinus

Pinus tulameenensis[39]

  • Princeton

A 5-needle pine

Pinoideae

Pinus

Undescribed[36][31][34]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena

A pine
Not described to species

Sciadopityaceae

Name Authority Year Family Notes Images

Sciadopityaceae

Sciadopitys

Undescribed[40]

  • Republic

An umbrella pine species

Sciadopitys species

Taxaceae

Name Authority Year Family Notes Images

Taxaceae

Amentotaxus

Undescribed[40][36][31]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A yew
Not described to species

Amentotaxus sp.

Taxaceae

Cephalotaxus

Unidentified[40][31]

  • Republic

A yew
Originally described placed in the Miocene Cephalotaxus bonseri[47][57]
Not described to species

Taxaceae

Taxus

Undescribed[40][31]

  • Hat Creek (pollen)
  • Horsefly
  • Princeton (pollen)
  • Republic

A yew
Not described to species

Taxaceae

Torreya

Undescribed[31]

  • Horsefly

A plum-yew
Not described to species

Taxaceae

Cf. Amentotaxus

Undescribed[36][34]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena

A yew
Not described to genus/species

Taxaceae

Cf. Taxus

Undescribed[31]

  • McAbee

A yew
relative
Not described to genus/species

Taxaceae

Cf. Torreya

Undescribed[36][31]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A plum-yew relative
Not described to genus/species

Angiosperms

Nymphaeales

The basal angiosperms are represented by two Nymphaeales water-lily species Nuphar carlquistii[58] from the Republic and Princeton shales, plus Allenbya collinsonae from the Princeton Chert.[59] Wehr (1995) illustrated two fossils that were tentatively identified as fruits of the banana genus Ensete and the extinct myrtle genus Paleomyrtinaea respectively,[60] however further fossil finds resulted in the re-identification of the first as a N. carlquistii rhizome section, and the second is a seed mass from the same water-lily.[58]

Order Genus species Sites Notes Images

Nymphaeaceae

Allenbya

Allenbya collinsonae[59]

  • Princeton Chert

A waterlily relative.
Not to be confused with the odonate Allenbya

Nymphaeaceae

Nuphar

Nuphar carlquistii[58]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A waterlily,
Rhizome sections were first identified as Ensete.

Nuphar carlquistii seeds

Magnoliids

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Lauraceae

Lindera

Undescribed[31]

  • Princeton

A spicewood species.
Not described.

Lauraceae

Litseaphyllum

Undescribed[20]

  • Republic

A lauraceous form species.
Not described

Lauraceae

Ocotea

Undescribed[20]

  • Republic

A stinkwood species.
Not described

Lauraceae

Phoebe

Undescribed[45][36][31]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A Phoebe sp.
Not described.

Lauraceae

Sassafras

Sassafras hesperia[45][36][31][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A sassafras
Formerly identified as Sassafras sellwyni

Sassafras hesperia

Lauraceae

Sassafras

Undescribed[31][23]

  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena

A sassafras species
Not described to species

Magnoliaceae

Liriodendroxylon

Liriodendroxylon princetonensis[61]

  • Princeton Chert

A Liriodendron-like wood.

Magnoliaceae

Magnolia

Undescribed[4]

  • Republic

A magnolia, possibly Magnolia subgenus Talauma
Not described

Magnolia

Saururaceae

Saururus

Saururus tuckerae[62]

  • Princeton Chert

A lizard's-tail species

incertae sedis

Dillhoffia

Dillhoffia cachensis[63]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

A flower of uncertain floral relationship, possibly of Magnoliid affinity

Dillhoffia cachensis

incertae sedis

Princetonia

Princetonia allenbyensis[64][65]

  • Princeton Chert

A possibly aquatic magnoliopsid
flower of uncertain affiliation.

Monocots

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Alismataceae

Heleophyton

Heleophyton helobieoides[66]

  • Princeton Chert

An aquatic or emergent water-plantain

Amaryllidaceae

Paleoallium

Paleoallium billgenseli[67]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

An onion relative

Paleoallium billgenseli

Aponogetonaceae

Aponogeton

Aponogeton longispinosum[68]

Grímsson, Zetter, & Halbritter

A Cape-pondweed pollen

Araceae

Keratosperma

Keratosperma allenbyensis[69]

  • Princeton Chert

An arum family member

Araceae

Orontium

Orontium wolfei[70]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A golden club

Orontium wolfei

Arecaceae

Uhlia

Uhlia allenbyensis[71]

  • Princeton Chert

A Coryphoid palm

Smilacaceae

Smilax

Undescribed[20]

  • Republic

A greenbrier species.
Not Described

Typhaceae

Typha

Undescribed[20][31]

  • Hat Creek Coal
  • Republic

A cattail species.
Not described

Cf. Iridaceae

Pararisteapollis

Pararisteapollis stockeyi[72]

  • Princeton Chert

A possible iridaceous pollen morphotype

Incertae sedis

Ethela

Ethela sargentiana[73]

  • Princeton chert

A cyperaceous or juncaceous poalean monocot

Incertae sedis

Soleredera

Soleredera rhizomorpha[74]

  • Princeton Chert

A lilialean genus of uncertain placement

Eudicots

"Basal eudicots"

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Menispermaceae

Calycocarpum

Undescribed[60]

  • Republic

A moonseed
Not described to species

Platanaceae

Langeranthus

Langeranthus dillhoffiorum[75]

  • Republic

A plane tree relative fruiting head.

Platanaceae

Langeria

Langeria magnifica[45][23][75]

  • Chu Chua
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A plane tree relative.
Formerly identified as "Corylus" macquarrii and then a witch-hazel relative.

Langeria magnifica

Platanaceae

Macginicarpa

Undescribed[76]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A plane tree fruit taxon
Not described to species

Macginicarpa species

Platanaceae

Macginitiea

Macginitiea gracilis[45]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A plane tree relative

Macginitiea gracilis

Platanaceae

Macginitea

Undescribed[31][23]

  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena

A sycamore relative
Not described to species

Platanaceae

Platananthus

Undescribed[77]

  • Republic

A sycamore stamen head
Not described to species

Ranunculaceae

Clematis

Undescribed[4][31]

  • Horsefly
  • Republic

A Clematis
Not described to species

Clematis species

Sabiaceae

Meliosma

Undescribed[60]

  • Republic

A Meliosma species
Not described to species

Sabiaceae

Sabia

Undescribed[60]

  • Republic

A Sabia species
Not described to species

Schisandraceae

Kadsura

Undescribed[20]

  • Republic

A kadsura species.
Not described to species

Trochodendraceae?

Nordenskioldia

Undescribed[76][36]

  • McAbee?
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A trochodendroid of uncertain placement.[78]
Not described to species.

Trochodendraceae

Paraconcavistylon

Paraconcavistylon wehrii[79][78]

  • McAbee
  • Republic

A Trochodendrale
first described as "Concavistylon" wehrii
moved to a new genus in 2020.[78]

Trochodendraceae

Pentacentron

Pentacentron sternhartae[79]

  • Republic

A Trochodendrale

Pentacentron sternhartae

Trochodendraceae

Tetracentron

Tetracentron hopkinsii[79]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A Trochodendrale,
possibly the leaves of Pentacentron sternhartae

Tetracentron hopkinsii

Trochodendraceae

Trochodendron

Trochodendron drachukii[80][23]

  • McAbee

A Trochodendron
possibly the fruits of Trochodendron nastae

Trochodendraceae

Trochodendron

Trochodendron nastae[81]

Pigg, Wehr, & Ickert-Bond

A Trochodendron
Possibly the leaves of Trochodendron drachukii

Trochodendron nastae

Trochodendraceae

Zizyphoides

Undescribed[36][18]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A trochodendroid of uncertain placement.[78]
Leaves of the fruit taxon Nordenskioldia
Not described to species.

Zizyphoides species

"Superasterids"

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Aquifoliaceae

Ilex

Undescribed[31]

  • Republic

A holly
Not described to species

Araliaceae

Aralia

Undescribed[36]

  • Republic

A spikenard species
Not described.

Araliaceae

Cf. Aralia

Undescribed[36]

  • McAbee?

A spikenard species foliage
Not described.

Araliaceae

Cf.Paleopanax

Undescribed[36]

  • McAbee?

A spikenard species fruit
Not described.

Bignoniaceae

Undescribed

Undescribed[76]

  • Republic

A catalpa family member
Not described

Bignoniaceae sp. fruit

Cornaceae

Cornus

Undescribed[45][36][31]

  • Chu Chua
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A dogwood species,
Not described

Ebenaceae

unidentifed

"Diospyros" dawsonii[23]

  • Chu Chua

A punitive persimmon relative.

Ericaceae

Arbutus

Undescribed[4][31]

  • Republic

A madrone relative
Not described to species

Ericaceae

Rhododendron

Undescribed[4][31]

  • Republic

A Rhododendron
Not described to species

Ericaceae

Cf. Leucothoe

Undescribed[4]

  • Republic

A doghobble relative
Not described to species

Ericaceae

Cf. Rhododendron

Undescribed[4][31]

  • McAbee

A Rhododendron
Not described to species

Eucommiaceae

Eucommia

Eucommia montana[82][31]

  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A "hard rubber tree" fruit

Eucommia montana

Eucommiaceae

Eucommia

Eucommia rolandii[82]

  • Quilchena

A "hard rubber tree" leaf

Hydrangeaceae

Hydrangea

Undescribed[4]

  • Republic

A Hydrangea.
Not described to species

Hydrangeaceae

Philadelphus

Undescribed[4]

  • Republic

A mock-orange
Not described to species

Icacinaceae

Palaeophytocrene

Unidentified[76][36]

  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A Phytocrene relative
Not described to species

Nyssaceae

Diplopanax

Diplopanax eydei[83]

  • Princeton Chert

A tuplo relative.

Nyssaceae

Tsukada

Tsukada davidiifolia[45]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A dove-tree relative

Tsukada davidiifolia

Oleaceae

Fraxinus

Fraxinus eoemarginata[31][84]

  • Quilchena

An ash species with notched samara apex.

Oleaceae

Fraxinus

Cf.Fraxinus rupinarum[84]

  • Quilchena

An ash species with rounded samara apex.

Oleaceae

Fraxinus

undescribed[31]

  • McAbee

A possible ash relative.
Not described to species due to preservation.

Schoepfiaceae?

Schoepfia?

"Schoepfia" republicensis[45]

  • Republic

A possible Schoepfia relative,
First described as "Cornus acuminata.

Schoepfia republicensis

Theaceae

Ternstroemites

"Species A"[45]

  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A theaceous species similar to Gordonia
Not described to species

Theaceae

Ternstroemites

"Species B"[45]

  • Republic

A theaceous species similar to Cleyera
Not described to species

"Superrosids"

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Anacardiaceae

Rhus

Rhus boothillensis[85]

  • Republic

A sumac
hybridized with the other Klondike Mountain Formation Rhus species

Rhus boothillensis

Anacardiaceae

Rhus

Rhus garwellii[85]

  • Republic

A sumac with leaflets on short petiolules
hybridized with the other Klondike Mountain Formation Rhus species

Rhus garwellii

Anacardiaceae

Rhus

Rhus malloryi[85]

  • Falkland
  • Republic

A sumac with leaflets on short petiolules
hybridized with the other Klondike Mountain Formation Rhus species

Rhus malloryi

Anacardiaceae

Rhus

Rhus republicensis[85]

  • Republic

A sumac with sessile leaflets
hybridized with the other Klondike Mountain Formation Rhus species

Anacardiaceae

Rhus

Undescribed[31]

  • Falkland
  • McAbee?
  • Quilchena
  • Princeton

A sumac species
Not described to species

Betulaceae

Alnus

Alnus cremastogynoides[24][23]

  • Chu Chua

An alder.

Betulaceae

Alnus

Alnus crispoides[24]

  • Chu Chua

An alder.
Deemed nomen nudum by LaMotte (1952)[49]

Betulaceae

Alnus

Alnus kefersteinii[24][23]

  • Chu Chua

An alder.

Betulaceae

Alnus

Alnus parvifolia[45][36][18][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

An alder.
First described as Betula parvifolia (1926)
Previously identified as A. corralina (pro part.), A. elliptica and Carpinus grandis (pro part.)

Alnus parvifolia

Betulaceae

Alnus

Undescribed[36][31][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena

An alder species
Not described to species

Betulaceae

Betula

Betula leopoldae[45][86][36][31][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

An birch species

Betula leopoldae

Betulaceae

Betula

Undescribed[43][36][31]

  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • Horsefly
  • Kettle River
  • Quilchena

An birch species
Not described to species

Betulaceae

Carpinus

Carpinus perryae[87]

  • Republic

A hornbeam

Carpinus parryae

Betulaceae

Corylus

Corylus johnsonii[87]

  • Republic

A hazel nut

Corylus johnsonii

Betulaceae

Corylites

Undescribed[31]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • Falkland?
  • Horsefly
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A hazel nut relative
Not described to species

Betulaceae

Palaeocarpinus

Palaeocarpinus barksdaleae[87]

  • Republic

An extinct coryloid relative

Palaeocarpinus barksdaleae

Betulaceae

Palaeocarpinus

Palaeocarpinus dentatus[87][88]

  • Stump Lake

An extinct coryloid relative.
First described as Carpolithes dentatus

Betulaceae

Palaeocarpinus

Palaeocarpinus stonebergae[87][36]

  • Princeton

An extinct coryloid relative

Betulaceae

Palaeocarpinus

Undescribed[87][36][23]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Republic

A Palaeocarpinus species
Not described to species by modern studies
formerly grouped under Carpolithes dentatus[88]

undescribed Palaeocarpinus species

Betulaceae

Cf. Corylus

Undescribed[36][31]

  • McAbee (pollen)

A hazel nut
Not described to species

Betulaceae

Undescribed

Undescribed[31]

  • Hat Creek Coal

A betulaceous taxon
Not described to species

Burseraceae

Barghoornia

Barghoornia oblongifolia[45]

  • Republic

An extinct Bursera relative

Barghoornia oblongifolia

Celtidaceae

Pteroceltis

Undescribed[77]

  • Republic

A cannabaceous fruit
Not described

Pteroceltis species fruit

Cercidiphyllaceae

Cercidiphyllum

Cercidiphyllum arcticum[89][49]

  • Chu Chua

A katsura leaf morphotype
Moved from Trochodendroides arctica (1926)[24]

Cercidiphyllaceae

Cercidiphyllum

Cercidiphyllum obtritum[45]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A katsura with suggested affinity to †Joffrea,[36]
First described as "Populus" obtrita

Cercidiphyllum obtritum

Cercidiphyllaceae

Unidentified

Unidentified[45]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena

A katsura relative with suggested affinity to †Joffrea or †Nyssydium[36]

undescribed Cercidiphyllaceous fruits

Elaeocarpaceae

Sloanea

Undescribed[77]

  • Republic

An elaeocarpaceous fruit
Not described to species

Sloanea sp.

Fagaceae

Castaneophyllum

undescribed[31]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

An fagaceous morphogenus
Not described to species

Fagaceae

Fagopsis

Fagopsis undulata[45][18]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

An extinct beech relative

Fagopsis undulata

Fagaceae

Fagopsis[36]

undescribed

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly

An extinct beech relative
Not described to species

Fagaceae

Fagus

Fagus langevinii[90][36][31][23]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A beech

Fagus langevinii

Fagaceae

Fagus

Undescribed[36]

  • Chu Chua

A beech

Fagaceae

Quercus

Quercus uglowi[24]

  • Chu Chua

An oak leaf species

Fagaceae

Quercus

undescribed[76][36][31]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee (pollen)
  • Quilchena
  • Princeton
  • Republic

An oak
Not described to species

Fagaceae

Cf.Castaneophyllum

undescribed[31]

  • Quilchena

An fagaceous morphogenus
Not described to species

Grossulariaceae

Ribes

Undescribed[91]

  • Princeton Chert

A current fruit
Not described

Grossulariaceae

Ribes

Undescribed[4][36][31]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A current
Not described to species
Two morphotypes present at Republic[23]

Hamamelidaceae

Corylopsis

Corylopsis reedae[4][92]

  • Republic

A winter-hazel

Corylopsis reedae

Hamamelidaceae

Corylopsis

Undescribed[31]

  • Princeton
  • Quilchena

A winter-hazel
Not described to species

Hamamelidaceae

Fothergilla

Fothergilla malloryi[92][18]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A witch alder

Fothergilla malloryi

Iteaceae

Itea

Undescribed[45][31]

  • Republic

A virginia willow species
Not described to species.

Juglandaceae

Carya

Carya dawsoni[24][49]

  • Chu Chua

A punitive hickory
First described as Hicoria dawsoni (1926)[24][23]

Juglandaceae

Carya

Carya stanleyanum[24][49]

  • Chu Chua
  • Quilchena

A punitive hickory
First described as Dryophyllum stanleyanum (1895)[24]

Juglandaceae

Carya

Undescribed[23]

  • Chu Chua
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee (pollen)
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A possible hickory
Not described to species

Juglandaceae

Cruciptera

Cruciptera simsonii[93]

  • Republic

A walnut family relative.

Juglandaceae

Juglans

Undescribed[36][31]

  • McAbee (pollen)
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A walnut family relative.
Not described to species.

Juglandaceae

Pterocarya

Undescribed[36][31]

  • McAbee (pollen)
  • Princetona
  • Republic

A wingnut relative.
Not described to species.

Lythraceae

Decodon

Decodon allenbyensis[94]

  • Princeton Chert

A swamp loosestrife

Lythraceae

Decodon

Undescribed[36]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A swamp loosestrife
Not described to species

Malvaceae

Craigia

Undescribed[76]

  • Republic

A Craigia species
Not described to species

Craigia sp.

Malvaceae

Florissantia

Florissantia quilchenensis[23]

  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A Florissantia species

Florissantia quilchenensis

Malvaceae

Florissantia

Undescribed[23]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Princeton

A Florissantia species
Not described to species

Malvaceae

Hibiscus

Undescribed[4]

  • Republic

A hibiscus
Not described to species

Malvaceae

Plafkeria

Undescribed[76]

  • Republic

A linden relative
Not described to species

Malvaceae

Tilia

Tilia johnsoni[45]

  • Republic

A Linden

Tilia johnsoni

Malvaceae

Tilia

Undescribed[77][36]

  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A Linden relative
Not described to species

Cf. Tilia fruits

Moraceae

Morus

Undescribed[4]

  • Republic

A mulberry, two types known.
Not described to species

Myricaceae

Comptonia

Comptonia columbiana[29][95][96][34]

  • Falkland
  • Kamloops
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A comptonia species

Comptonia columbiana

Myricaceae

Comptonia

Comptonia predryandroides[24]

  • Chu Chua

A comptonia species

Myricaceae

Comptonia

Undescribed[36][23]

  • Chu Chua

A comptonia species
not identified to species
Possibly C. columbiana or C. predryandroides

Myricaceae

Myrica

Myrica uglowi[24]

  • Chu Chua

A bayberry species

Myrtaceae

Paleomyrtinaea

Paleomyrtinaea princetonensis[97]

  • Princeton Chert

A Myrtaceous fruit

Polygalaceae

Deviacer

Undescribed[76][36]

  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A milkwort relative
Not described to species

Deviacer species

Rosaceae

Amelanchier

Undescribed[4]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A service berry
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Neviusia

Neviusia dunthornei[98]

  • Princeton

A snow-wreath

Rosaceae

Neviusia

Undescribed[4]

  • Republic

A snow-wreath
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Oemleria

Oemleria janhartfordae[99]

  • Republic

An Osoberry

Rosaceae

Paleorosa

Paleorosa similkameenensis[100]

  • Princeton Chert

A rose family flower

Rosaceae

Photinia

Photinia pageae[45]

  • Republic

A Christmas-berry relative

Photinia pagae

Rosaceae

Photinia

Undescribed[31]

  • Princeton

A Christmas-berry relative

Rosaceae

Prunus

Prunus allenbyensis[101]

  • Princeton Chert

A prunoid wood.

Rosaceae

Prunus

Prunus cathybrownae[99]

  • Republic

A cherry relative

Prunus cathybrownae

Rosaceae

Prunus

"Princeton chert species 1"[101]

  • Princeton Chert

A prunoid seed.
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Prunus

"Princeton chert species 2"[101]

  • Princeton Chert

A prunoid seed.
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Prunus

"Princeton chert species 3"[101]

  • Princeton Chert

A prunoid seed.
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Prunus

"Republic species 1"[45]

  • Republic

A prunoid leaf.
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Prunus

"Republic species 2"[45]

  • Republic

A prunoid leaf.
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Prunus

"Republic species 3"[45]

  • Republic

A prunoid leaf.
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Prunus

undescribed[36][31]

  • Chu Chua
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena

A prunoid leaf.
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Pyracantha

Undescribed[5]

  • Republic

A firethorn sp.[5]
Tentative record, Not described to species.

Rosaceae

Rubus

Undescribed[4][31]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A blackberry
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Sorbus?

"Sorbus" decorifolia[24][23]

  • Chu Chua

A punitive sorbus

Rosaceae

Stonebergia

Stonebergia columbiana[102]

  • Princeton

A sorbarieous genus

Stonebergia columbiana

Rosaceae

Aff. Malus

Undescribed[31][5]

  • Republic

A maloid species possibly apple or pear
Not described to specie

Rosaceae

Aff. Physocarpus

Undescribed[36]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A possible nine-bark
Not described to species
Possibly stem Neillieae[103]

Rosaceae

Aff. Sorbus

Undescribed[36][31]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A rowan relative
Not described to species.

Rosaceae

Aff. Spiraea

Undescribed[36][31][5]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A bridal wreath
Not described to species.

Rosaceae

Cf. Crataegus

Undescribed[4]

  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A hawthorn relative
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Cf. Prunus

undescribed[36][31]

  • Falkland
  • McAbee

An amygdaloid leaf of prunoid affinity.
Not described to species

Rosaceae

Cf. Pyrus

Undescribed[5]

  • Republic

A maloid species possibly apple or pear
Not described to species

Salicaceae

Populus

Populus acuminatafolia[24]

  • Chu chua

A cottonwood leaf species

Salicaceae

Populus

Undescribed[36][31]

  • Driftwood
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A cottonwood
Not described to species
First identified as †Populus lindgreni at Republic[47]

Salicaceae

Pseudosalix

Undescribed[36]

  • Driftwood
  • Republic

A willow relative
Not described to species

Salicaceae

Salix

Undescribed[36][31]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton (pollen)
  • Republic

A willow
Not described to species

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer dubium[52]

  • Horsefly

single fruit missing a seed.
Provisionally named by Penhallow (1902)
Deemed nomen nudum by LaMotte (1952)[49]

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer hillsi[104]

  • Republic

A maple samara.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer princetonense[104]

  • Princeton

A maple samara morphospecies.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer republicense[104]

  • Republic

A maple samara morphospecies.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer rousei[104][23]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton

A maple samara morphospecies.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer spitzi[104]

  • Republic

A maple samara morphospecies.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer stewarti[104][36][23]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton

A maple leaf and samara species.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer stockeyae[104]

  • Princeton

A maple samara morphospecies.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer stonebergae[104]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A maple samara morphospecies.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer toradense[104]

  • Princeton
  • Republic

A maple samara morphospecies.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer washingtonense[104]

  • Republic

A maple leaf and samara species.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Acer wehri[104][36][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A maple samara morphospecies.

Sapindaceae

Acer

Undescribed[36][31][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena

A maple.
Not described to species

Sapindaceae

Aesculus

Undescribed[36][31][105]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A horse chestnut
Not described to species.

Sapindaceae

Bohlenia

Bohlenia americana[45][23]

  • Republic

A soap berry genus

Bohlenia americana

Sapindaceae

Bohlenia

Cf. Bohlenia insignis[23]

  • Chu Chua

A soap berry genus
First described as Myrica uglowi[24]

Sapindaceae

Bohlenia[31]

Undescribed

  • Falkland
  • Quilchena

A soap berry genus
Not described

Sapindaceae

Dipteronia

Dipteronia brownii[106][31][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwood
  • Falkland
  • Horsefly
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

A Dipteronia species

Dipteronia brownii

Sapindaceae

Koelreuteria

Koelreuteria dilcheri[107]

  • Republic

A Koelreuteria species

Koelreuteria dilcheri

Sapindaceae

Koelreuteria

Undescribed[36]

A Koelreuteria species

Sapindaceae

Wehrwolfea

Wehrwolfea striata[108]

  • Princeton Chert

A possible dodonaecous soapberry family flower

Sapindaceae

Cf. Boniodendron

"Koelreuteria" arnoldii[45][36][31][107]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A sapindaceous species
first described as a Koelreuteria species,
considered Cf. Boniodendron by Wang et al (2012).

"Koelreuteria" arnoldii

Ulmaceae

Cedrelospermum

Undescribed[36]

  • Quilchena
  • Republic

An elm relative
Not described to species

Ulmaceae

Ulminium

Ulminium columbianum[43]

  • Kettle River

An elm wood species.
Moved from Ulmus columbiana in 1922[109]

Ulminium columbianum

Ulmaceae

Ulmus

Ulmus chuchuanus[110][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwoodd
  • Falklands
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

An elm
Originally named Ulmus columbianus
Leaves and fruits first tentatively identified as Chaetaptelea and Zelkova

Ulmus chuchuanus

Ulmaceae

Ulmus

Ulmus okanaganensis[110][23]

  • Chu Chua
  • Driftwoodd
  • Falklands
  • McAbee
  • Quilchena
  • Republic

An elm

Ulmus okanaganensis

Ulmaceae

Ulmus

Ulmus protoamericana[43]

  • Kettle River

An elm wood species.

Ulmus protoamericana

Ulmaceae

Ulmus

Ulmus protoracemosa[43]

  • Kettle River

An elm wood species.

Ulmus protoracemosa

Ulmaceae

Ulmus

Undescribed[36][31][23]

  • Driftwood
  • Horsefly
  • Princeton
  • Quilchena

An elm species
Not described to species

Vitaceae

Ampelocissus

"Ampelocissus" similkameenensis[111][112]

  • Princeton Chert

A grape family fruit of uncertain generic placement[112]

Vitaceae

incertae sedis

"Type 1"[111]

  • Princeton Chert

A grape family fruit of uncertain generic placement
Not described

Vitaceae

incertae sedis

"Type 2"[111]

  • Princeton Chert

A grape family fruit of uncertain generic placement
Not described

Vitaceae

Unidentified

Unidentified[31]

  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

Vitoideae leaves/seeds
In the Ampelocissus/Cissus/Vitis group
Not described to species

Family Genus species Sites Notes Images

Incertae sedis

Averrhoites

Undescribed[36]

  • Falkland
  • McAbee
  • Princeton
  • Republic

A leaf morphotype of uncertain affiliation
Not described to species

incertae sedis

Calycites

Calycites ardtunensis[76]

  • Republic

A winged fruit of unidentified affinities

Calycites ardtunensis

Incertae sedis

Chaneya

Chaneya tenuis[36][113]

  • McAbee
  • Princeton

A sapindalean flower of uncertain affiliations

Chaneya tenuis

Incertae sedis

Eorhiza

Eorhiza arnoldii[114][115]

  • Princeton Chert

A semi-aquatic dicot of uncertain affinity.

Incertae sedis

Lagokarpos

Lagokarpos lacustris[116][23]

  • Horsefly

A fruit of uncertain affiliation

Incertae sedis

Pistillipollianthus

Pistillipollianthus wilsoni[117]

  • Horsefly

A flower of uncertain affliation
producer of the Pistillipollenites macgregorii palynomorph.

incertae sedis

Pteronepelys

Pteronepelys wehrii[118]

  • Republic

A samara of uncertain affinities.

Pteronepelys wehrii

incertae sedis

Republica

Republica hickeyi[45]

  • Republic

An incertae sedis angiosperm
possibly of hamamelid affiliations

Republica hickeyi

Fungi

Order Genus species Sites Notes Images

Dothideales

Palaeoserenomyces

Palaeoserenomyces allenbyensis[119]

  • Princeton Chert

An ascomycetan fugus on the host palm Uhlia allenbyensis

Pleosporales

Cryptodidymosphaerites

Cryptodidymosphaerites princetonensis[119]

  • Princeton Chert

An ascomycetan fugus
hosted on Uhlia allenbyensis

Pleosporales

Monodictysporites

Monodictysporites princetonensis[120]

  • Princeton Chert

An ascomycotan fungus
hosted on Dennstaedtiopsis aerenchymata

Taxa of uncertain modern identification

A number of taxa identified or described by Penhallow (1902), Penhallow (1906) and Berry (1926) have not received much or any modern attention, resulting in uncertainty of taxon affiliation, identification, or synonymy. Many late 1800's to early 1900's identifications of Okanagan highlands fossils were made based on geologic age assumptions ranging between the Miocene to Pliocene, and often specimens were grouped into species bins for taxa first described from Europe.

Species Reporting Author Sites Notes Images

Acer chaneyi[24]

Berry, 1926

  • Chu Chua
  • Princeton (Similkameen)
  • Stump Lake

A maple.
First identified as "Acer macropterum" Heer, a jr synonym of A. chaneyi.[104]

Acer grossedentatum Heer[88]

Dawson, 1875

  • Quesnel

A maple.
A. grossedentatum is a tertiary European species.

Acer negundifolium (Dawson) LaMotte (1952)[88][49]

Dawson, 1891

  • Stump Lake

Leaf fragments of a "problematic nature"
First named Acerites negundifolium (1891)

Acer trilobatum productum Heer[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Horsefly

A single incomplete leaf.
Type locality of species is Carbon, Wyoming

Ailanthophyllum incertum Dawson[88]

Dawson, 1890

  • Tranquille

A plant of uncertain affinity.

Alnites curta Dawson[52][88]

Dawson, 1890 (sp nov)

  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena
  • Similkameen (Princeton)

Numerous betulaceous leaves and cones

Alnus alaskana Newberry[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Tulameen (Princeton)

Fragmentary leaves
Type locality Kootznahoo islands, Alaska (Miocene?)

Alnus carpinoides Lesquereux[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Horsefly
  • Tranquille (Princeton)

Fragmentary leaves
Type locality Bridge Creek, Oregon (Miocene?)

Alnus serrulata fossilis Newberry[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Quilchena

Fragmentary leaves
"Miocene of Western North America"

Amygdalus gracilus Lesquereux[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Quilchena

Two leaves
Type locality Green River Formation or Florissant Formation

Andromeda delicatula Lesquereux[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Quilchena

Two Ericaceae? leaves
Type locality Green River Formation

Aralia acerifolia Lesquereux[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Quilchena

Fragmentary leaves.
jr synonym of Macginitiea nobilis, possible M. gracilis.

Aralia notata Lesquereux[52][88]

Penhallow, 1902

  • Horsefly
  • Quilchena
  • Tulameen (Princeton)

Fragmentary leaves.
jr synonym of Macginitiea nobilis, possible M. gracilis.

Betula angustifolia Newberry[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Quilchena

Leaves.
Type locality Bridge Creek, Orgeon

Betula heterodonta Newberry[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Quilchena
  • Tulameen (Princeton)

Leaves and one possible cone.
Type locality Bridge Creek, Oregon

Betula macrophylla Göppert[88]

Penhallow, 1908

  • Tulameen (Princeton)

Fragmetary leaves with cones.
Type locality Europe

Betula prisca? Ettingshausen[88]

Dawson, 1874

  • Quesnel

Single leaf.
Type locality Fort Union Formation?

Betula stevensoni Lesquereux[52]

Penhallow, 1902

  • Horsefly
  • Similkameen

Fragmentary leaves
Type locality Laramie, Wyoming

Carpinus grandis Unger ex Heer

Dawson, 1890

  • Quilchena
  • Similkameen
  • Stump Lake
  • Tranquille
  • Tulameen

Castanea castanaefolia[52]

Penhallow, 1902

  • Horsefly

Fragmentary leaves.

Cornus suborbifera Lesquereux?

Penhallow, 1908

  • Princeton (Tulameen)
  • Quilchena

A dogwood

Cupressoxylon macrocarpoides[43]

Penhallow, 1907

  • Kettle River

A fossil cupressaceous? wood

Cyperacites haydenii[43]

Penhallow, 1907

  • Kettle River

A monocot of uncertain affinity

Leguminosites borealis Heer[24]

Berry, 1926

  • Chu Chua

A legume like leaf morphospecies

Liriodendron sp.[24]

Berry, 1926

  • Chu Chua

Tentative identification based on 2 partial specimens

Musophyllum complicatum Lesquereux[24]

Berry, 1926

  • Chu Chua

A monocot morphogenus

Nelumbium pygmaeum

Dawson, 1890 (sp nov)

  • Horsefly
  • Similkameen (Princeton)

moved to Nelumbo pygmaea (Dawson) Knowlton (1919)

Phragmites alaskana Heer[24]

Berry, 1926

  • Chu Chua

A grass/sedge leaf morphogenus

Planera longifolia[52]

Penhallow, 1902

  • Horsefly

moved to Fagopsis longifolia by Hollick (1909), possible F. undulata.

Poacites tenuistriatus Heer[24]

Berry, 1926

  • Chu Chua

A grass/sedge leaf morphogenus

Populus daphnogenoides[52]

Dawson, 1890

  • "Similkameen" (Princeton)

Type Locality Fort union Formation

Pterospermites alaskana Knowlton[24]

Berry, 1926

  • Chu Chua

Type locality Keni Formation
A leaf morphospecies of possible sterculioid affinity

Quercus groenlandica Heer[24]

Berry, 1926

  • Chu Chua

Type locality Greenland

Viburnum antiquum (Newberry) Hollick[24]

Berry, 1926

  • Chu Chua

A caprifoliaceous leaf morphotype

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