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Nypa hindi

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Nipadites hindi was named by Rode (1933). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Mohgaonkalap District, which is in a Cretaceous/Paleocene lacustrine horizon in India.

It was recombined as Nipa hindi by Sahni and Rode (1937) and Delete (1938); it was synonymized subjectively with Nypa fruticans by Tralau (1964); it was recombined as Nypa hindi by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Nipadites hindi Rode p. 171
1937Nipa hindi Sahni and Rode p. 166
1938Nipa hindi Delete
1976Nypa hindi Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusNypavan Wurmb 1779
specieshindi()

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.

Nypa hindi Rode 1933
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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 Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Paleocene or 100.50000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Paleocene100.5 - 56.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Nipadites hindi (type locality: 32317)