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Mastersia neoassamica
Mastersia neoassamica M.A. Khan, S. Bera J. Geol. Soc. India, 83: 167. 25 Feb 2014
- Name
- Mastersia neoassamica
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- Mastertia
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Mastersia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan M. A.
Bera S.
- Publication
- On some fabaceous fruits from the Siwalik sediments (Middle Miocene-Lower Pleistocene) of Eastern Himalaya [2014/2]
- Journal
- Journal of the Geological Society of India
- Volume
- 83
- Page number
- 167
- Year
- 2014
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Lower part of the Siwalik succession (Dafla Formation)
- Location
- Road cutting section along East Pinjoli of the West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/P/f/1
- Diagnosis
- Fruit legume, flat, elliptic in shape;
coriaceous in texture; curved, symmetrical, indehiscent;
preserved length 4.5 cm; width 2.1 cm; thickness of dorsal
and ventral margins 2.76-2.82 mm and 1.53-1.68 mm
respectively; apex acute due to concave dorsal margin and
convex ventral margin; base missing, surface with few fine
oblique veinlets; septa present, two in numbers, horizontal
to oblique, 1.2 cm apart; mark or impression of seed
chambers not clearly visible; wings absent.
