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Taxonomic realignment of the fossil polypodiaceous rhizome Thayeriorhizomoxylon chandrae (“ chandraii ”) Patil and Datar from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India
Author(s) -
Bonde Suresh D.,
Kumaran Nauneeth K. P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/25065307
Subject(s) - rhizome , petiole (insect anatomy) , botany , biology , paleontology , geology , genus
Reexamination of the type material and micropreparations of “ Thayeriorhizomoxylon chandrae Patil & Datar” (published as “ T . chandraii ”; Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) has revealed that the socalled branched rhizome is a petiolar base of the “ Acrostichum type ”. The overall morphoanatomy of the petiole plus root morphology are similar to that of Acrostichum intertrappeum . In light of above, T . chandrae is being realigned to A . intertrappeum Bonde & Kumaran.