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Palmacites

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Palmacites was named by Brongniart (1822). It is not extant. Its type is Palmacites lamanonis.

It was assigned to Palmae by Andrews (1970) and Hickey (1977); and to Arecaceae by Srivastava (1991).

Species
P. dorfii, P. goldianus, P. khariensis, P. lamanonis (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Palmacites Brongniart
1952Exflabellaria La Motte
1970Palmacites Andrews
1977Palmacites Hickey
1991Palmacites Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusPalmacitesBrongniart 1822

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.

G. †Palmacites Brongniart 1822
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†Palmacites dorfii Read and Hickey 1972
†Palmacites goldianus Lesquereux 1874
†Palmacites khariensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1982
†Palmacites lamanonis Brongniart 1822
Invalid names: Exflabellaria La Motte 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 55.80000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) P. sp. (10802)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. lamanonis (68021)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) P. khariensis (227849)