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Acacia miocatechuoides
Acacia miocatechuoides M.A. Khan, S. Bera J. Geol. Soc. India, 83: 170. 25 Feb 2014
- Name
- Acacia miocatechuoides
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Acacia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan M. A.
Bera S.
- Publication
- On some fabaceous fruits from the Siwalik sediments (Middle Miocene-Lower Pleistocene) of Eastern Himalaya [2014/2]
- Journal
- Journal of the Geological Society of India
- Volume
- 83
- Page number
- 170
- Year
- 2014
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Lower part of the Siwalik succession (Dafla Formation)
- Location
- Road cutting section along East Pinjoli, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/P/f/3
- Diagnosis
- Fruit legume, flat, elliptic in shape;
chartaceous in texture; almost straight, symmetrical,
indehiscent; preserved length 2.4 cm; width 0.5 cm; dorsal
and ventral margins very thin and parallel; apex acute, base
missing, veinlets absent; septa present, seemingly three in numbers, horizontal, 0.6-0.7 cm apart; mark or impression
of seed chambers visible in specimen, seemingly 3-seeded;
wings absent.
