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Rourea miocaudata
Rourea miocaudata M.A. Khan, S. Bera J. Earth Syst. Sci., 125(5): 1081. 15 Jul 2016
- Name
- Rourea miocaudata
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Rourea
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan M. A.
Bera S.
- Publication
- First fossil evidence of Connaraceae R. Br. from Indian Cenozoic and its phytogeographical significance [2016/7]
- Journal
- Journal of earth system science
- Volume
- 125
- Issue
- 5
- Page number
- 1081
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Dafla Formation
- Location
- Road-cutting section, east of Pinjoli area of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, eastern India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/P/82
- Diagnosis
- Narrow elliptic; maximum length 8 cm, width 3.5 cm; base equilateral, cuneate; apex long caudate with obtuse tip; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation eucamptodromous to brochidodromous; secondary veins alternate with acute angle of divergence, joined to superadjacent
secondary at a nearly obtuse angle; intersecondary veins present; tertiary veins AO, orthogonal reticulate and percurrent.
