Millettia sevokensis

Name

Millettia sevokensis

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Millettia

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

50

Year

2015

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Tortonian

Strat. comment

Geabdat Sandstone Formation (Middle Siwalik); Upper Miocene (Sarmatian to Pontian)

Location

Sevok Road Section, Oodlabari area, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

40368

Num

16: 1

Pub.

Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2015/12]

Data for Paratypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

40369 [pl. 16: 2], 40370–40371

Num

16: 2

Pub.

Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2015/12]

Diagnosis

Leaf simple, asymmetrical, narrow elliptic; preserved size 12.3 x 5.4 cm, 6.0 x 5.4 cm, 7.0 x 3.5 cm and 5.5 x 3.5 cm; apex acute; base acute; margin entire; texture thick chartaceous; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein single, prominent, almost straight, stout; secondary veins 12 to 13 pairs visible, 0.6 to 1.7 cm apart, alternate, unbranched, angle of divergence (60°–70°), moderate to wide acute, lower secondary veins are more acute than upper, uniformly curved up; intersecondary veins are present, simple, tertiary veins fine, angle of origin, RR, percurrent, straight to sinuous, branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and close to distant.