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Mallotus prejaponicus

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy
Mallotus prejaponicus was named by Prasad et al. (2017). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSIP Museum No. 41373, a leaf. Its type locality is Thuligad, Tanakpur, which is in a Miocene fluvial shale in the Lower Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tuberculatas, M. wenshanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Mallotus prejaponicus Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familyEuphorbiaceae
genusMallotusLoureiro 1790
speciesprejaponicus

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.

†Mallotus prejaponicus 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) Mallotus prejaponicus (type locality: 224502)