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Palmoxylon mahabalei

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Palmoxylon mahabalei was named by Rao and Menon (1967). It is not extant. Its type locality is Mohgaon Kalan, which is in an Eocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in India.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Palmoxylon mahabalei Rao and Menon
1976Palmoxylon mahabalei Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Mesangiosperms
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusPalmoxylonSchenk 1882
speciesmahabaleiRao and Menon 1967

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 mahabalei Rao and Menon 1967
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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: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Madhya Pradesh) Palmoxylon mahabalei (type locality: 224641)