Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Full reference: E. W. Berry. 1929. Early Tertiary fruits and seeds from Belen, Peru. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology (10)137-172
Belongs to Palmocarpon according to E. W. Berry 1929
Sister taxa: Palmocarpon arecoides, Palmocarpon bracteatum, Palmocarpon cocoides, Palmocarpon coryphoidium, Palmocarpon cretaceum, Palmocarpon indicum, Palmocarpon insigne, Palmocarpon intertrappea, Palmocarpon mohgaoense, Palmocarpon splendidum, Palmocarpon sulcatum, Palmocarpon takliensis, Palmocarpon umariense, Palmocarpon lineatum, Palmocarpon compressus, Palmocarpon bravoi, Palmocarpon globosum, Palmocarpon truncatum, Palmocarpon drypeteoides, Palmocarpon belensis, Palmocarpon subcylindricum, Palmocarpon palmarum, Palmocarpon luisi, Palmocarpon compositum, Palmocarpon mahurzarii, Palmocarpon mexicanum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Belen, Punta Pariñas, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Peru
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Peru (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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