Millettia miosericea

Name

Millettia miosericea

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Millettia

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

46

Year

2015

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Tortonian

Strat. comment

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

40363

Num

15: 3, 5

Pub.

Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2015/12]

Diagnosis

Leaf simple, symmetrical, elliptic; preserved size 7.8 x 3.2 cm, apex acuminate; base acute; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate; eucamptodromous; primary vein single, prominent, almost straight, stout; secondary veins 10 to 11 pairs visible, 0.4 to 1.0 cm apart, alternate to sub-opposite, unbranched, angle of divergence (40°–60º), narrow to wide acute, uniformly curved up; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin usually RR, percurrent, straight to sinuous, branched, oblique in relation to mid vein, predominantly alternate and close.