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Sterculia mioparviflora
Sterculia mioparviflora Mah. Prasad, Kannaujia, Alok, S.K. Singh Palaeobotanist, 64(1–2): 34. 31 Dec 2015
- Name
- Sterculia mioparviflora
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Sterculia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Prasad M.
Kannaujia A. K.
Alok
Singh S. K.
- Publication
- Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2015/12]
- Journal
- Palaeobotanist
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 1–2
- Page number
- 34
- Year
- 2015
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Tortonian
- Strat. comment
- Geabdat Sandstone Formation (Middle Siwalik); Upper Miocene (Sarmatian to Pontian)
- Location
- Lish River Section, Oodlabari area, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- 40344
- Diagnosis
- Leaf simple, symmetrical; narrow elliptic; preserved size 7.4 x 2.4 cm; apex broken; base acute; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate; eucamptodromous; primary vein single, straight, stout; secondary veins 10–11 pairs, 0.4–1.2 cm apart, angle of divergence (70°–80º), wide acute to nearly right angle, usually alternate, unbranched, uniformly curved up; intersecondaries present; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin, RR percurrent, oblique in relation to mid vein, alternate and close.
