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Palmoxylon puratanum

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Palmoxylon puratanum was named by Ramanujam (1958). It is not extant. Its type locality is Murattandichavadi, which is in a Neogene marginal marine horizon in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. phytelephantoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Palmoxylon puratanum Ramanujam
1976Palmoxylon puratanum Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusPalmoxylonSchenk 1882
speciespuratanumRamanujam 1958

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 puratanum Ramanujam 1958
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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: Neogene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.04 - 2.58India (Tamil Nadu) Palmoxylon puratanum (type locality: 224633)