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Gynocardia eocenica
Gynocardia eocenica Anum. Shukla, Huk. Singh, R.C. Mehrotra Palaeobotanist, 64(1–2): 164. 31 Dec 2015
- Name
- Gynocardia eocenica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Gynocardia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Shukla A.
Singh H.
Mehrotra R. C.
- Publication
- A fossil wood of Gynocardia from the Valia Lignite Mine, Bharuch District, Gujarat [2015/12]
- Journal
- Palaeobotanist
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 1–2
- Page number
- 164
- Year
- 2015
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Cambay Shale Formation
- Location
- Valia Open Cast Lignite Mine (21°34'25" N; 73°10'7" E), about 30 km SE of Bharuch, Bharuch District, Gujarat, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 40817
- Diagnosis
- Wood diffuse porous. Growth rings absent. Vessels poorly preserved but distinct at places, round to oval, small to medium, tangential diameter 60–160 μm, evenly distributed, open; perforations simple; intervessel pits bordered, alternate, minute. Axial parenchyma absent or very rare. Rays closely spaced, 25–35 per mm, 1–3 (rarely 4 celled) seriate, uniseriate rays made up of procumbent cells, 14–18 μm in width and 8–15 cells or 15–515 μm in height; multiseriate rays made up of both procumbent and upright or square cells with 1 to 4 rows of upright/square cells at one or both the ends, 30–60 μm in width and 14–40 cells or 249–600 μm in height; ray to ray fusion present; ray tissue heterogeneous; procumbent cells about 30 μm in radial length and 13–23 μm in tangential height; upright/square cells 33–37 μm in tangential height and about 30 μm in radial length; prismatic crystals present; perforated ray cells observed with scalariform thickening. Fibres aligned in radial rows, thick walled, polygonal in cross section, septa present but poorly preserved.
