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Gomphandroxylon samnapurensis

Angiospermae - Icacinales - Icacinaceae

Taxonomy
Gomphandroxylon samnapurensis was named by Bande and Khatri (1980). Its type specimen is BSIP 35313, a wood, and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Samnapur, which is in a Paleogene fluvial horizon in the Deccan Intertrappean Formation of India.

It was corrected as Gomphandroxylon samnapurense by Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Gomphandroxylon samnapurensis Bande and Khatri
1991Gomphandroxylon samnapurensis Srivastava
2017Gomphandroxylon samnapurense Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
Asterids
Euasterids
Lamiids
orderIcacinalesTiegh
familyIcacinaceaeMiers 1851
genusGomphandroxylon
speciessamnapurensis

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.

Gomphandroxylon samnapurensis Bande and Khatri 1980
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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 23.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Gomphandroxylon samnapurensis (type locality: 227932)