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Mastixia siwalika
Mastixia siwalika A.M. Khan, M. Bera, S. Bera in A.M. Khan, M. Bera, R.A. Spicer, T. Spicer, S. Bera Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 247: 91. 9 Sep 2017
- Name
- Mastixia siwalika
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Mastixia
- Authors (Name)
- Khan A. M.
Bera M.
Bera S.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan A. M.
Bera M.
Spicer R. A.
Spicer T. E. V.
Bera S.
- Publication
- First occurrence of mastixioid (Cornaceae) fossil in India and its biogeographic implications [2017/9]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 247
- Page number
- 91
- Year
- 2017
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Piacenzian
- Strat. comment
- Kimin Formation
- Location
- Road cuttings along the Itanagar–Banderdewa road, Papumpare district, Arunachal Pradesh, eastern India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/IB7/f/61
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/IB7/f/62 (Plate III, 3); CUH/PPL/IB7/f/63 (Plate
III, 4)
- Diagnosis
- Cylindric–ovoid; 2.1–2.2 × 1 cm; endocarp gently ribbed, with prominent furrows; unilocular, U-shaped locule in cross section.
