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Viracarpon

Angiospermae

Taxonomy
Viracarpon was named by Sahni (1934). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pandanaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Monocotyledonae by Andrews (1970) and Srivastava (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Viracarpon Sahni
1970Viracarpon Andrews
1976Viracarpon Lakhanpal et al.
1991Viracarpon Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
subclassMonocotyledoneae
genusViracarponSahni 1934

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.

G. †Viracarpon Sahni 1934
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Viracarpon chitaleyi Patil 1972
Viracarpon elongatum Sahni 1944
Viracarpon hexaspermum Sahni 1934
Viracarpon sahnii Chitaley et al. 1969
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: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Paleogene or 70.60000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) V. sp. (11604)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Manharashtra) V. hexaspermum, V. elongatum (63896)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) V. sp., V. sahnii, V. hexaspermum, V. elongatum, V. chitaleyi (224606)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Maharashtra) V. sahnii (224626)