Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay. 1-144
Parent taxon: Palmae according to R. Kräusel 1939
See also Andrews 1970, Ettinghausen 1880, Gee 2001, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Tralau 1964
Sister taxa: Amesoneuron, Archontophoenix, Areca, Arecipites, Arecoideae, Borassus, Calamopsis, Caryota, Chamaedorea, Cocos, Cocosocarpon, Coryphoideae, Echidiporites, Erythea, Eugeissona, Flabellaria, Friedemannia, Geonoma, Geonomites, Grimsdalea, Hyphaeneocarpon, Iriartea, Iriartites, Krempocarpon, Longapertites, Luminidites, Manicaria, Mauritiidites, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Calamus, Spinophyllum, Phoenix, Attaleinites, Palmites, Latanites, Palaeothrinax, Bactrites, Rhapis, Palaeospadix, Neozamia, Corypheae, Cocoopsis, Serenopsis, Palmophyllum, Elate, Perrandoa, Caryotispermum, Anomophyllites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Astrocaryum, Palmostrobus, Cocites, Perfossus, Lepidocaryinae, Palmaepites, Palmaepollenites, Eolirion, Hemiphoenicites, Latericutis, Burtinia, Juranyia, Palmanthium, Versipalmicutis, Sanmiguelia, Palmocarpon, Hyphaene
Subtaxa: Nipadites sickenbergeri
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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