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Lusaticutis jeyporensis
Lusaticutis jeyporensis R. Tewari, Mand., R.C. Mehrotra J. Appl. Biosci., 31(2): 97. Dec 2005
- Name
- Lusaticutis jeyporensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Lusaticutis
- Authors (Pub.)
- Tewari R.
Mandaokar B. D.
Mehrotra R. C.
- Publication
- Fossil cuticles from the Oligocene sediments of northeast India [2005/12]
- Journal
- Journal of applied bioscience
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 97
- Year
- 2005
- Fossil Status
- leaves (cuticles)
- Stratigraphy
- Chattian
- Strat. comment
- Tikak Parbat Formation
- Location
- Jeypore Colliery, Sibsagar District, Assam, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- Slide No. BSIP 12995
- Diagnosis
- Cells undifferentiated, rectanguloid, polygonal to variously shaped, arranged irregularly, 7.5-15 x 5-15 ym in size; anticlinal walls sinuous, pitted, 0.5 um wide, surface walls smooth; stomata rounded, apparently anomocytic, superficial, 12.5-20 x 15 um in size, irregular in distibution and orientation, guard cells semilunar with stomatal ledges, 12.5-20 x 5 um in size, stomatal slit almost circular, wide open, 7.5-10 x 5-7.5 um in size, subsidiary cells form a rim around each stoma, stomatal index varying from 9 to 11.
