Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae
Synonym: Palmocarpon Lesquereux 1878
Parent taxon: Palmae according to B. Sahni and K. P. Rode 1937
See also Andrews 1970, Dayal 1965, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Maury 1930 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Amesoneuron, Archontophoenix, Areca, Arecipites, Arecoideae, Borassus, Calamopsis, Caryota, Chamaedorea, Cocos, Cocosocarpon, Coryphoideae, Echidiporites, Erythea, Eugeissona, Flabellaria, Friedemannia, Geonoma, Geonomites, Grimsdalea, Hyphaeneocarpon, Iriartea, Iriartites, Krempocarpon, Longapertites, Luminidites, Manicaria, Mauritiidites, Nipadites, Nypa, Nypoideae, Oraniopsis, Oreodoxites, Palmacites, Palmocaulon, Palmostroboxylon, Palmoxylon, Paloreodoxites, Parapalmocaulon, Phoenicites, Racemonocolpites, Rhizopalmoxylon, Sabal, Sabalocaulon, Sabalophyllum, Spinizonocolpites, Spinopalmoxylon, Tricoccites, Tripylocarpa, Victorisporis, Spinophyllum, Calamus, Hyphaene, Phoenix, Rhizopalmoxylon, Palmaepites, Caryotispermum, Palmophyllum, Perrandoa, Perfossus, Eolirion, Versipalmicutis, Cocites, Palmaepollenites, Latanites, Palmostrobus, Juranyia, Palmites, Neozamia, Palaeothrinax, Serenopsis, Sanmiguelia, Burtinia, Palmanthium, Astrocaryum, Palaeospadix, Latericutis, Bactrites, Attaleinites, Rhapis, Cocoopsis, Lepidocaryinae, Anomophyllites, Hemiphoenicites, Corypheae
Subtaxa: Palmocarpon arecoides Palmocarpon belensis Palmocarpon bracteatum Palmocarpon bravoi Palmocarpon cocoides Palmocarpon cocoides Palmocarpon compositum Palmocarpon compressus Palmocarpon coryphoidium Palmocarpon cretaceum Palmocarpon drypeteoides Palmocarpon globosum Palmocarpon indicum Palmocarpon insigne Palmocarpon intertrappea Palmocarpon lineatum Palmocarpon luisi Palmocarpon mahurzarii Palmocarpon mexicanum Palmocarpon mohgaoense Palmocarpon palmarum Palmocarpon splendidum Palmocarpon subcylindricum Palmocarpon sulcatum Palmocarpon takliensis Palmocarpon truncatum Palmocarpon umariense
Type: Palmocarpon cretaceum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Oligocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Ecuador (1)
• Paleocene of United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Paleogene of India (5)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of India (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), India (2)
Total: 19 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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