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Mesembrioxylon schmidianum

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Peuce schmidiana was named by Schleiden (1855). It is not extant. Its type locality is Thiruvakkarai, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in India.

It was recombined as Araucarioxylon schmidianum by Felix (1882); it was recombined as Mesembrioxylon schmidianum by Sahni (1931), Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. carterii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Peuce schmidiana Schleiden
1882Araucarioxylon schmidianum Felix
1931Mesembrioxylon schmidianum Sahni
1976Mesembrioxylon schmidianum Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusMesembrioxylonSeward 1919
speciesschmidianum(Schleiden 1855)

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 schmidianum Schleiden 1855
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

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 (Tamil Nadu) Peuce schmidiana (225585)