Sterculia miocolorata

Name

Sterculia miocolorata

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Sterculia

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

32

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

40340

Num

8: 7; 9: 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

40341

Num

8: 6

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, symmetrical, rounded; preserved size 11.5 x 5.7 cm and 7.5 x 5.5 cm; apex indistinct; base rounded; margin non entire; texture chartaceous; petiole present, 2.5 cm long, thick; venation pinnate, divergent; primary vein about 8 pairs arising from the base and running to the each pinna, straight to slightly curved; secondary veins 5–6 pairs visible, 1.3 to 2.2 cm apart, angle of divergence (55°–65°), moderate acute to narrow acute, uniformly curved up, seemingly unbranched; tertiary veins still fine, angle of origin, RR, percurrent, straight to curved, branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and distant.