†Salvinia intertrappea Mahabale 1950 (watermoss)
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Polypodiopsida - Salviniales - Polypodiidae
Full reference: T. S. Mahabale. 1950. A species of fossil Salvinia from Deccan lntertrappean series, India. Nature 172(1195)
Belongs to Salvinia according to T. S. Mahabale 1950
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Salvinia coahuilensis, Salvinia elliptica, Salvinia formosa, Salvinia graui, Salvinia hainanensis, Salvinia preauriculata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sausar, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial chert in India
Distribution:
• Paleogene of India (1 collection)
• Paleocene of India (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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