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Dalbergia prelatifolia
Dalbergia prelatifolia M.A. Khan, S. Bera J. Geol. Soc. India, 83: 167. 25 Feb 2014
- Name
- Dalbergia prelatifolia
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Dalbergia
- 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 (Gish Clay Formation of Sevok Group)
- Location
- Road section exposed along the NH 31 near the Sevok Bridge of Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/SV/f/1
- Diagnosis
- Fruit legume, flat, appearing chartaceous
in texture, vascularised wing along the placental suture, width
of the wing 1-2 mm, complete, straight to slightly curved,
symmetrical, indehiscent, oblong in shape; preserved length
5.05 cm; width 1.3 cm; dorsal and ventral margins thin and
parallel, thickness of dorsal and ventral margins 2.12-2.36
mm and 1.23-1.46 mm respectively; apex and base rounded;
pedicel not clearly observed; constriction not seen; surface
with a few fine horizontal to oblique veinlets oriented
towards apex; septa absent; mark or impression of seed
chambers visible in specimen, seemingly 3-seeded.
