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Amooroxylon deccanensis

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Meliaceae

Taxonomy
Amooroxylon deccanensis was named by Bande and Prakash (1984). Its type specimen is BSIP 35322, a wood, and it is a 3D fossil preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Nawargaon, which is in a Paleogene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Deccan Intertrappean Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Amooroxylon deccanensis Bande and Prakash
1991Amooroxylon deccanensis Srivastava
2017Amooroxylon deccanensis Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Malvids
orderSapindales
familyMeliaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusAmooroxylon
speciesdeccanensis

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.

†Amooroxylon deccanensis Bande and Prakash 1984
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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 (Maharashtra) Amooroxylon deccanensis (type locality: 225724)