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Mesembrioxylon sarmae

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Mesembrioxylon sarmae was named by Varma (1955). It is not extant. Its type locality is Garudamangalam, which is in a Cretaceous fluvial-deltaic horizon in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. carterii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Mesembrioxylon sarmae Varma
1976Mesembrioxylon sarmae Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusMesembrioxylonSeward 1919
speciessarmaeVarma 1955

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.

†Mesembrioxylon sarmae Varma 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Cretaceous or 143.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0India (Tamil Nadu) Mesembrioxylon sarmae (type locality: 225587)