Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Alternative combinations: Nipadites compressus, Palmocarpon compressum
Full reference: K. P. Rode. 1933. A note on fossil angiospermous fruites from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of central provinces. Current Science 171-172
Belongs to Palmocarpon according to B. Sahni and K. P. Rode 1937
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Rode 1933
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 mexicanum, Palmocarpon lineatum, Palmocarpon luisi, Palmocarpon globosum, Palmocarpon truncatum, Palmocarpon palmarum, Palmocarpon cocoides, Palmocarpon subcylindricum, Palmocarpon drypeteoides, Palmocarpon bravoi, Palmocarpon mahurzarii, Palmocarpon belensis, Palmocarpon compositum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mohgaonkalap District, which is in a Cretaceous/Paleocene lacustrine horizon in India
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of India (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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