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Paranephelium miocenicum
Paranephelium miocenicum Mah. Prasad, Kannaujia, Alok, S.K. Singh Palaeobotanist, 64(1–2): 40. 31 Dec 2015
- Name
- Paranephelium miocenicum
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- miocenica
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Paranephelium
- 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
- 40
- 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
- 40350
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- 40351
- Diagnosis
- Leaf simple, symmetrical, narrow elliptic; preserved size 14.0 x 5.12 cm and 11 x 5.5 cm; apex broken; base seemingly acute; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein single, prominent, slightly curved, stout; secondary veins 13–14 pairs visible 0.8 to 1.2 cm apart, usually alternate, unbranched, angle of divergence 60º–90°, moderate acute to right angle, lower secondary veins are with greater angle and secondary on one side of lamina are with more angle than other side of lamina, uniformly curved up and joined to their super adjacent at obtuse angle; intersecondaries present, simple; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin usually RR, percurrent, straight to sinuous, branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and close to distant.
