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Palmoxylon scottii

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Palmoxylon scottii was named by Dayal and Menon (1965). It is not extant. Its type locality is Mohgaon Kalan, which is in a Paleogene lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the Deccan Intertrappean Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bacillare, P. cheyennense, P. hislopi, P. phytelephantoides, P. quenstedi, P. sundaram

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Palmoxylon scottii Dayal and Menon
1976Palmoxylon scottii Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusPalmoxylonSchenk 1882
speciesscottiiDayal and Menon 1965

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.

†Palmoxylon scottii Dayal and Menon 1965
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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 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Palmoxylon scottii (type locality: 224606)