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Fissistigma palaeobicolor
Fissistigma palaeobicolor A. Joshi, R.C. Mehrotra J. Geol. Soc. India, 69(6): 1256. Jun 2007
- Name
- Fissistigma palaeobicolor
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Fissistigma
- Authors (Pub.)
- Joshi A.
Mehrotra R. C.
- Publication
- Megaremains from the Siwalik Sediments of West and East Kameng Districts, Arunachal Pradesh [2007/6]
- Journal
- Journal of the Geological Society of India
- Volume
- 69
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 1256
- Year
- 2007
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Lower Siwalik
- Location
- Bhalukpong-Sessa Road, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Geological Survey of India, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- 21310
- Diagnosis
- Preserved lamina length 5.5 cm, preserved width about 4 cm, symmetrical, appearing elliptic; apex broken; base appearing rounded; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation eucamptodromous; primary vein stout,
straight; secondary veins 3 pairs visible, alternate, about 1 cm apart, angle of divergence moderately acute (50°), uniform, running a certain distance parallel to the margin, moderately thick; intersecondary veins absent; tertiary veins ill preserved, appearing percurrent, fine, rarely recurved also.
