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Palmoxylon valchetense

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Palmoxylon valchetense was named by Ancibor (1995). Its type specimen is BA Pb 890, a wood, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bajo de Santa Rosa, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial horizon in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Palmoxylon valchetense Ancibor p. 298

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

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 valchetense Ancibor 1995
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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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Palmoxylon valchetense (type locality: 204229)