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Cnestis purniyagiriensis

Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Connaraceae

Taxonomy
Cnestis purniyagiriensis was named by Prasad et al. (2017). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSIP Museum No. 41332, a leaf. Its type locality is Krishnapuri, Purniyagiri Road Locality 9, which is in a Miocene fluvial shale in the Lower Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Cnestis purniyagiriensis Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderOxalidalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyConnaraceaeBrown 1818
genusCnestisde Jussieu
speciespurniyagiriensis

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.

†Cnestis purniyagiriensis Prasad et al. 2017
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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 Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) Cnestis purniyagiriensis (type locality: 224499)