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Nypa sahnii

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Nipa sahni was named by Lakhanpal (1952). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kalaicharpara, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene fluvial-deltaic horizon in India.

It was synonymized subjectively with Nypa fruticans by Tralau (1964); it was recombined as Nypa sahnii by Lakhanpal et al. (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Nipa sahni Lakhanpal
1976Nypa sahnii Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusNypavan Wurmb 1779
speciessahnii(Lakhanpal 1952)

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 sahnii Lakhanpal 1952
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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 Eocene to the top of the Miocene or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Meghalaya) Nypa sahnii (228216)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333India (Meghalaya) Nypa sahnii (type locality: 225192)