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Shorea palaeoridleyana
Shorea palaeoridleyana A. Joshi, R.C. Mehrotra J. Geol. Soc. India, 69(6): 1259. Jun 2007
- Name
- Shorea palaeoridleyana
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Shorea
- Authors (Pub.)
- Joshi A.
Mehrotra R. C.
- Publication
- Megaremains from the Siwalik Sediments of West and East Kameng Districts, Arunachal Pradesh [2007/6]
- Journal
- Journal of the Geological Society of India
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 1259
- Year
- 2007
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Lower Siwalik
- Location
- Bhalukpong-Sessa Road, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Geological Survey of India, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- 21313
- Diagnosis
- Preserved lamina length 8 cm, maximum width 3.7 cm, symmetrical, narrow elliptic; apex broken; base symmetrical, obtuse, normal; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation eucamptodromous; primary vein moderately thick, more or less straight; secondary veins more than 6 pairs visible, alternate, 5-10 mm apart, angle of divergence narrow acute (30°-45°), uniformly curved, unbranched, moderately thick; intersecondary veins absent; tertiary veins preserved at places, percurrent, fine, oblique
in relation to mid-vein.
