Kapgateophyllum shiblii

Name

Kapgateophyllum shiblii

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Kapgateophyllum

Replaced Name

Acanthophyllum shiblii

Authors (Pub.)

Deshmukh U. B.  

Publication

Kapgateophyllum gen. nov. (Acanthaceae) [2021/5]

Journal

Phytotaxa

Volume

500

Issue

2

Page number

147

Year

2021

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Maastrichtian

Strat. comment

Deccan Intertrappean

Location

Shibla, Yeotmal, Maharashtra, India

Paleoregion

Gondwana (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Botany Department, J.M. Patel College, Bhandara, India

Repository Number

DDR/Ang. Leaf/

Num

Figures 1, 2, and 4

Pub.

A petrified fossil dicot leaf Acanthophyllum shiblii gen. et sp. nov. from Deccan Intertrappean exposures of Shibla, Yeotmal District, Maharashtra State, India [2014/12]

Diagnosis

A leaf measuring 8.0 mm in length, lateral lamina on right side 4.2 mm and on left side 3.8 mm in length and 10–13 μm thick. Midrib ranges 4.1 × 5.6 mm in size. Epidermis single layered, Mesophyll differentiated into palisade measuring 77–80 μm and spongy parenchyma with intercellular spaces, measuring 65–72 μm in diameter. Median vascular bundle is well preserved; lateral vascular bundle is conjoint, collateral and open. In mesophyll secretary canals present measuring 135–142 μm. Stomata are confined in the upper epidermis. Metaxylem elements measuring 80–90 μm and protoxylem 55–65 μm in size.