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Mastixia asiatica
Mastixia asiatica A.M. Khan, M. Bera, S. Bera in A.M. Khan, M. Bera, R.A. Spicer, T. Spicer, S. Bera Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 247: 86. 9 Sep 2017
- Name
- Mastixia asiatica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Mastixia
- Authors (Name)
- Khan A. M.
Bera M.
Bera S.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan A. M.
Bera M.
Spicer R. A.
Spicer T. E. V.
Bera S.
- Publication
- First occurrence of mastixioid (Cornaceae) fossil in India and its biogeographic implications [2017/9]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 247
- Page number
- 86
- Year
- 2017
- Fossil Status
- fruits (endocarps)
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Dafla Formation (CUH/PPL/P/84); Kimin Formation (Piacenzian): CUH/PPL/IB7/93
- Location
- Road cuttings along the East of Pinjoli area, West Kameng district (CUH/PPL/P/84); road cuttings along the Itanagar–Banderdewa road, Papumpare district (CUH/PPL/IB7/93), Arunachal Pradesh, eastern India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/P/84
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/IB7/93
- Diagnosis
- Lamina elliptic; entire margin; acuminate apex and acute base; venation eucamptodromous; secondary veins alternate, curved upwards towards margin, bifurcating towards the margin, acute angle of divergence; hypostomatic leaf; straight and curved anticlinal walls on both ad- and abaxial surfaces; stomatal apparati paracytic.
