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Elodeophyllum deccani
Elodeophyllum deccani Nagrale, Borkar, Meshram, Korpenwar, Ramteke Palaeobotanist, 65(2): 283. 2016
- Name
- Elodeophyllum deccani
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- deccanii
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Elodeophyllum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Nagrale V. D.
Borkar S.
Meshram S. M.
Korpenwar A. N.
Ramteke D. D.
- Publication
- A petrified fossil leaf of Hydrocharitaceae from Deccan Intertrappean exposures of central India [2016]
- Journal
- Palaeobotanist
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 283
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Maastrichtian
- Strat. comment
- Deccan Intertrappean
- Location
- Singhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India [(Lat. 19°58.141’N, Long. 78°40.838’E)]
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Institute of Science, Department of Botany, Nagpur, India
- Repository Number
- VDN/Ang. Leaf
- Diagnosis
- A leaf measuring 7.8 mm in length, lateral lamina on right side 3.1 mm and on left side 4.7 in length and 0.1–0.5 mm thick. Midrib ranges is 0.3 to 0.5. mm in size. Epidermis of single layered elongated cells, waxy cuticle on both surfaces. Mesophyll undifferentiated, measuring 15–20 μm in height. Median vascular bundle well preserved, lateral vascular bundle conjoint and collateral. In mesophyll, air spaces present measuring 9–12 μm. Stomata absent. Metaxylem elements measuring 80–90 μm and protoxylem 55–65 μm in size.
