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Diospyros purniyagiriensis

Angiospermae - Ericales - Ebenaceae

Taxonomy
Diospyros purniyagiriensis was named by Shashi et al. (2007). It is not extant. Its type locality is Road Cutting, Thuligad to Purniyagiri Temple, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene fluvial horizon in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. dawsoni, D. miotexana, D. rugosa, D. streenstrupii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Diospyros purniyagiriensis Shashi et al.
2008Diospyros purniyagiriensis Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyEbenaceaeGuerke 1891
genusDiospyros
speciespurniyagiriensisShashi et al. 2007

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.

†Diospyros purniyagiriensis Shashi et al. 2007
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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 Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (Uttarakhand) Diospyros purniyagiriensis (type locality: 222808)