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Pongamia ovata

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Taxonomy
Pongamia ovata was named by MacGinitie (1941). Its type specimen is U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. cotypes nos. 2254, 2255, 2256. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3318, Chalk Bluff, which is in an Eocene floodplain claystone in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Pongamia ovata MacGinitie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFabalesBromhead 1838
familyFabaceaeLindley 1836
genusPongamiaVentenat
speciesovata

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.

†Pongamia ovata MacGinitie 1941
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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: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Pongamia ovata (type locality: 23998 23999)