Dendrokingstonia palaeonervosa

Name

Dendrokingstonia palaeonervosa

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Dendrokingstonia

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

234

Year

2017

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Miocene

Strat. comment

Lower Siwalik Formation

Location

Spot No. 1 (29º8'27.4": 80º11'6.9"), near Hanuman Chatti, Purniyagiri Road section, Tanakpur, Champawat District, Uttarakhand, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

BSIP Museum No. 41294

Num

2: 7, 9

Pub.

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

Diagnosis

Leaf simple, asymmetrical, very narrow elliptic; size 7.5 x 1.8 cm; apex seemingly acute; base acute; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein (1º) single, prominent, slightly curved, stout; secondary veins (2º) about 11 pairs visible, 0.4 cm to 0.8 cm apart, angle of divergence 60º–70º, moderately to wide acute, uniformly curved up, seemingly unbranched; intersecondary veins present, simple; tertiary veins (3º) fine, angle of origin usually RR, rarely AO, percurrent, straight to sinuous, branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and close.