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Palmocarpon mahurzarii
Discussion
Large obovoid, measure 1.5-1.00 cm in size, one seeded drupe with large central cavity. The fruit wall or pericarp is fibrous 0.55cm thick. It is made up of outer thin epicarp about 200 um thick, middle fibrous mesocarp about 0.33cm thick and with longitudinally arranged, irregularly distributed fibres in parenchymatous tissue and inner hard endocarp 111 um thick. The endosperm cavity is 13x8 mm broad.
Taxonomy
Palmocarpon mahurzarii was named by Sangrame et al. (2012) [Locality: Mahurzari
Age: Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is NRS Palm fruit 1/Deposited in Botany department of J.M.P.C. Bhandara, a seed/fruit.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2012 | Palmocarpon mahurzarii Sangrame et al. |
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†Palmocarpon mahurzarii Sangrame et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections
No collection or age range data are available