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Palmocarpon cocoides

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Palmocarpon cocoides was named by Mehrotra (1988). It is not extant. Its type locality is Belen, Punta Pariñas, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. acrocomioides, P. bactrioides, P. fusiforme

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Palmocarpon cocoides Mehrotra
1991Palmocarpon cocoides Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusPalmocarponMiquel 1853
speciescocoidesMehrotra 1988

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Palmocarpon cocoides Mehrotra 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available