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Toddalia miocenica
Toddalia miocenica Mah. Prasad, Kannaujia, Alok, S.K. Singh Palaeobotanist, 64(1–2): 36. 31 Dec 2015
- Name
- Toddalia miocenica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Toddalia
- 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
- 36
- 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
- 40345
- Diagnosis
- Leaf simple, asymmetrical; preserved size 4.3 x 2.2 cm; elliptic, apex acute; base acute; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate; eucamptodromous; primary vein single, straight, stout; secondary veins 11–12 pairs, 0.2–0.5 cm apart, angle of divergence (60°–65°), wide acute, unbranched, uniformly curved up; intersecondaries present, usually 2–3 intersecondaries in between two secondaries; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin RR–AO, percurrent, branched, oblique in relation to mid vein, predominantly alternate and close.
