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Palmoxylon jammuense

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Palmoxylon jammuense was named by Sahni (1931). It is not extant. Its type locality is Tawi River at Jammu, which is in a Pliocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Upper Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bacillare, P. cheyennense, P. hislopi, P. phytelephantoides, P. quenstedi, P. sundaram

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Palmoxylon jammuense Sahni
1976Palmoxylon jammuense Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusPalmoxylonSchenk 1882
speciesjammuenseSahni 1931

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.

†Palmoxylon jammuense Sahni 1931
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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: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India (Jammu & Kashmir) Palmoxylon jammuense (type locality: 225701)