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FS301 Oligocene Flowering Plant Craigia sp.

2.2 cm. Long x 1.6 cm. Wide x 0.1 cm. High

Classification: Metaphyta, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Malvales, Malvaceae, Craigia,

Description: Winged fruit of plant formerly thought to be an extinct genus Pteleacarpum, now known to belong to extant genus Craigia known only in Asia today, but once ranging to Europe and North America.

Age: Oligocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Oregon, Fossil Beds at Wheeler High School, Fossil, OR

Found by: Ed DeRouin

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Dr. Steven Manchester, FLMNH

References: Oregon Geology, Volume 49, No. 10, October 1987, p. 123.