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Sterculioxylon deccanensis

Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae

Taxonomy
Sterculioxylon deccanensis was named by Lakhanpal et al. (1978). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSIP 1505, a wood (wood). Its type locality is Mohgaon, Nainpur, which is in a Paleogene fluvial horizon in the Deccan Intertrappean Formation of India.

It was recombined as Sterculinium deccanensis by Guleria (1983), Srivastava (1991) and Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Sterculioxylon deccanensis Lakhanpal et al.
1983Sterculinium deccanensis Guleria
1991Sterculinium deccanensis Srivastava
2017Sterculinium deccanensis Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderMalvales
familySterculiaceaeVentenat 1807
genusSterculioxylonKraeusel 1939
speciesdeccanensisLakhanpal et al. 1978

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.

Sterculioxylon deccanensis Lakhanpal et al. 1978
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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) Sterculioxylon deccanensis (type locality: 227846)