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Palmoxylon sclerodermum

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Palmoxylon sclerodermum was named by Sahni (1943). It is not extant. Its type locality is Seoni, which is in a Paleogene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Deccan Intertrappean 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
1943Palmoxylon sclerodermum Sahni
1976Palmoxylon sclerodermum Lakhanpal et al.
1991Palmoxylon sclerodermum Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusPalmoxylonSchenk 1882
speciessclerodermumSahni 1943

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.

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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: Paleogene or 66.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Maharashtra) Palmoxylon sclerodermum (225724)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Palmoxylon sclerodermum (type locality: 225726)