Randia tanakpurensis

Name

Randia tanakpurensis

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Randia

Authors (Pub.)

Prasad M. Alok Kannaujia A. K. Kumar S. Singh S. K.  

Publication

Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications [2017]

Journal

Palaeobotanist

Volume

60

Issue

1–2

Page number

286

Year

2017

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Miocene

Strat. comment

Lower Siwalik Formation

Location

Spot No. 3 (29º8'51.38": 80º11'16.3"), Purniyagiri Road section, Tanakpur, Champawat District, Uttarakhand, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

BSIP Museum No. 41365

Num

Pl. 20.3, 5

Pub.

Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications [2017]

Diagnosis

Leaf simple, symmetrical oblanceolate; preserved size 7.6 x 3.0 cm; apex obtuse base cuneate; margin entire; texture coriaceous; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein (1º) single; prominent, stout, almost straight; secondary veins (2º) 7 pairs visible, 0.6 to 1.3 cm apart, alternate, seemingly unbranched, angle of divergence 45º–60º, acute, narrow to moderate, uniformly curved up, running upward for a short distance; intersecondary veins present, simple; tertiary veins (3º) fine, angle of origin AO–RR, percurrent, almost straight, branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and close to distant.