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Artabotrys siwalicus
Artabotrys siwalicus Mah. Prasad, Kannaujia, Alok, S.K. Singh Palaeobotanist, 64(1–2): 19. 31 Dec 2015
- Name
- Artabotrys siwalicus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Artabotrys
- 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
- 19
- Year
- 2015
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Tortonian
- Strat. comment
- Geabdat Sandstone Formation 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
- 40316
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- 40317 [pl. 3: 1], 40318 [pl. 5: 7], 40319 [pl. 21: 6]
- Diagnosis
- Leaf simple, symmetrical; narrow elliptic; preserved size 14.5 x 6.3 cm, 9.0 x 5.1 cm, 11.1 x 6.1 cm, 3.6 x 4.5 cm; apex slightly broken seemingly wide acute; base attenuate, normal; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous to brochidodromous; primary vein single, straight, stout, slightly curved; secondary veins 10 pairs visible, 0.9–3.0 cm apart, angle of divergence (60°–85°) basal secondary vein with greater angle moderately acute to right angle, usually alternate, unbranched, uniformly curved up and join to their superadjacent secondaries, sometime form loop at right angle; intersecondaries present; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin usually AO–RR, straight to sinuous, sometimes curved, branched, oblique to right angle in relation to mid vein, predominantly alternate and close.
