Millettia mioinermis

Name

Millettia mioinermis

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Millettia

Authors (Pub.)

Prasad M. Alok Kannaujia A. K. Kumar S. Singh S. K.  

Publication

Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications [2017]

Journal

Palaeobotanist

Volume

60

Issue

1–2

Page number

266

Year

2017

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Miocene

Strat. comment

Lower Siwalik Formation

Location

Spot No. 5 (29º8'49.1": 80º11'16"), Purniyagiri Road section, Champawat District, Uttarakhand, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

BSIP Museum No. 41337

Num

13. 5, 6

Pub.

Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications [2017]

Diagnosis

Leaf almost symmetrical, obovate; preserved size 5.0 x 2.8 cm; apex slightly broken; base acute, slightly asymmetrical; margin entire; texture coriaceous; petiole broken; venation pinnate, eucamptodromons; primary vein (1º) single, prominent, stout, almost straight; secondary veins (2º) 8–9 pairs visible, 0.6–1.0 cm apart, alternate to subopposite, angle of divergence 55º–60º, moderate, uniformly curved up and joined to superadjacent secondary vein, sometimes forming loop; intersecondary veins present, tertiary veins (3º) fine, angle of origin usually AO, percurrent, almost straight, rarely branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and close.