Pinus arunachalensis

Name

Pinus arunachalensis

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Pinus

Authors (Pub.)

Khan A. M. Bera S.  

Publication

First discovery of fossil winged seeds of Pinus L. (family Pinaceae) from the Indian Cenozoic and its palaeobiogeographic significance [2017/7]

Journal

Journal of earth system science

Volume

126

Issue

63

Page number

4

Year

2017

Fossil Status

seeds

Stratigraphy

Miocene

Strat. comment

Dafla Formation

Location

Road-cutting section, east of Pinjoli area of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, eastern India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India

Repository Number

CUH/PPL/P/f/61a

Num

4 A, 5 A

Pub.

First discovery of fossil winged seeds of Pinus L. (family Pinaceae) from the Indian Cenozoic and its palaeobiogeographic significance [2017/7]

Data for Paratypus

Repository

Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India

Repository Number

CUH/PPL/P/f/61b

Num

4 B, 5 B

Pub.

First discovery of fossil winged seeds of Pinus L. (family Pinaceae) from the Indian Cenozoic and its palaeobiogeographic significance [2017/7]

Diagnosis

Seeds winged, oblong to oval, 1.3–1.5 cm long and 0.4–0.6 cm broad, seed part located basipetally and symmetrically to wing; wing apex obtuse, cellular pattern of wing is seemingly undulatory and parallel with the long axis of the wing.