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Liquidambar changii Pigg, Kathleen B., Ickert-Bond, Stefanie M. & J. Wen

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Organ: fruit

Type of preservation: permineralized (petrifaction)

Geologic formation/flora: Columbia River Basaalt group/Yakima Canyon flora

Age: Miocene

Absolute age (in years): 15.2 Ma, middle Miocene

Location: United States, Washington, Yakima

Accession Institution: Arizona State University

Accession Unit of Institution: Fossil Plant Collections, School of Life Sciences

Remarks: Fig. 22 in Pigg et al 2004. Published in American Journal of Botany, 2004. "Hi Hole", County line holes, approximately 11.2 km north off Interstate 82, Firing Center Exit. T14N, R19E, NE 1/4 of NW 1/4 of section 3. Reference: Pigg, K. B., S. M. Ickert-Bond, and J. Wen. 2004. Anatomically preserved Liquidambar (Altingiaceae) from the middle Miocene of Yakima Canyon, Washington State, USA, and its biogeographic implications. American Journal of Botany 91(3): 499-509.