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Leguminocarpon cassioides
Leguminocarpon cassioides R.C. Mehrotra, Mand. J. Geol. Soc. India, 60(4): 465. Oct 2002
- Name
- Leguminocarpon cassioides
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Leguminocarpon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Mehrotra R. C.
Mandaokar B. D.
- Publication
- A new leguminous fruit from the Middle Bhuban Formation of Aizawl, Mizoram [2002/10]
- Journal
- Journal of the Geological Society of India
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 465
- Year
- 2002
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Middle Bhuban Formation
- Location
- Edinthar, 1.5 km northwest of Aizawl town near Chandmari (23'44'15"N; 92'43'25"E) on Sairang-Kolasib road, Aizawl District, Mizoram, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 38886
- Diagnosis
- Fruit compressed, legume, about 32 cm in length, 2.9-3.3 cm in width and 1-1.7 cm in thickness, cylindrical in shape, indehiscent, apex and base rounded; margins straight, more or less parallel; texture seemingly leathery; seed chambers ill-preserved, 5-15 mm apart; seeds not seen.
