Bombax palaeomalabaricum

Name

Bombax palaeomalabaricum

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Bombax

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

30

Year

2015

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Tortonian

Strat. comment

Geabdat Sandstone Formation (Middle Siwalik); Upper Miocene (Sarmatian to Pontian)

Location

Lish River Section, Oodlabari area, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

40339

Num

8: 4, 5

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, elliptic; preserved size 11.8 x 5.4 cm; apex slightly broken seemingly acute; base wide acute; margin entire; texture thick chartaceous; venation pinnate; craspedodromous; primary vein single, prominent, straight, stout; secondary veins 12–13 pairs visible, 0.8 to 1.4 cm apart, usually alternate, unbranched, angle of divergence (about 65°), wide acute, uniformly curved up; intersecondary veins present, simple, frequent; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin usually AO, percurrent, straight to sinuous, branched, predominantly alternate, oblique to right angle in relation to mid vein and close.