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Palmoxylon wadiae

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

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

It was corrected as Palmoxylon wadiai by Srivastava (1991).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Palmoxylon wadiae Sahni
1976Palmoxylon wadiae Lakhanpal et al.
1991Palmoxylon wadiai Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusPalmoxylonSchenk 1882
specieswadiaeSahni 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 wadiae 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: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 15.98000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttar Pradesh) Palmoxylon wadiai (227819)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India (Jammu & Kashmir) Palmoxylon wadiae (type locality: 225727)