Meiogyne sevokensis

Name

Meiogyne sevokensis

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Meiogyne

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

20

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

40323

Num

3: 6, 8

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 9.0 x 3.0 cm; apex attenuate; base obtuse; margin entire; texture chartaceous; petiole present 0.2 cm long, normal; venation pinnate; eucamptodromous; primary vein single, prominent, almost straight, stout; secondary veins 5–7 pairs visible, 0.6 to 1.7 cm apart, alternate, unbranched, angle of divergence (about 50°) acute, uniformly curved up and joined to superadjacent secondary veins; intersecondary veins present, simple; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin usually RR, percurrent, straight to curved, branched, oblique to right angle in relation to mid vein, predominantly alternate and close.