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Canarium siwalicum
Canarium siwalicum Mah. Prasad, Huk. Singh, S.K. Singh J. Palaeosci., 74(2): 91. 31 Dec 2025
- Name
- Canarium siwalicum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Canarium
- Authors (Pub.)
- Prasad M.
Singh H.
Singh S. K.
- Publication
- Fossil leaves of the genera, Canarium Linn. (Burseraceae) and Lagerstroemia Linn. (Lythraceae) from Middle Siwalik sediments of Himachal Pradesh, India: phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications [2025/12]
- Journal
- Journal of Palaeosciences
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 91
- Year
- 2025
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Messinian
- Strat. comment
- Middle Siwalik Group; Upper Miocene
- Location
- Sagoti Nala section (31º48.496': 76º46.061') on the left side of Sagoti Bridge, about 7.5 km in SW direction from Sarkaghat, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP Museum Specimens No. 41250–41251
- Diagnosis
- Leaf asymmetrical, elliptic, 4.3 x 2.5 cm and 7.5 x 4.0 cm; apex seemingly acute; base obtuse; margin entire; venation craspedodromous to eucamptodromous; primary vein prominent, secondary veins up to 9 pairs, 0.8–1.4 cm apart, usually alternate to sub–opposite, angle of divergence 65º to 80º, in some cases, the curvature of the secondary veins becomes more pronounced near the margin, intersecondary veins are frequent, tertiary veins are fine, typically arising at RR angles; they are percurrent, oblique to the mid–vein, predominantly alternate, and closely spaced.
