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Mallotocarpon gurhaense
Mallotocarpon gurhaense Anum. Shukla, R.C. Mehrotra J. Geol. Soc. India, 94(2): 206. Aug 2019
- Name
- Mallotocarpon gurhaense
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- gurhaensis
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Mallotocarpon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Shukla A.
Mehrotra R. C.
- Publication
- First fossil fruit of Mallotus Lour. (Euphorbiaceae) from the Early Eocene lignite mine of Rajasthan, India [2019/8]
- Journal
- Journal of the Geological Society of India
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 206
- Year
- 2019
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Strat. comment
- Palana Formation
- Location
- Gurha lignite mine, Bikener district, Rajasthan, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 41622
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 41623, 41624
- Diagnosis
- Detached fruit, probably trilobed, capsule, ~20
mm in diameter; trichomes numerous, thick, wavy; lobes not clearly
visible; locule sutures not prominent because of the preservation but
can be easily observed under the microscope; stigma scar present;
seeds not preserved.
