Randia lishensis

Name

Randia lishensis

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Randia

Authors (Pub.)

Prasad M. Kannaujia A. K. Alok Singh S. K.  

Publication

Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2015/12]

Journal

Palaeobotanist

Volume

64

Issue

1–2

Page number

56

Year

2015

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Tortonian

Strat. comment

Geabdat Sandstone Formation (Middle Siwalik); Upper Miocene (Sarmatian to Pontian)

Location

Lish River Section, Oodlabari area, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

40375

Num

21: 1, 3

Pub.

Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2015/12]

Data for Paratypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

40376

Num

21: 5

Pub.

Plant megaflora from the Siwalik (Upper Miocene) of Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance [2015/12]

Diagnosis

Leaf simple, symmetrical, narrow elliptic; preserved size 13.8 x 4.9 cm; apex broken; base acute; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate, craspedodromous, sometimes eucamptodromous; primary vein single, prominent, straight, stout; secondary veins 9–10 pairs visible 0.9 to 2.1 cm apart, alternate to opposite, unbranched, angle of divergence 40º–60°, narrow to moderate acute, curved up and run straightly, sometime joined with supraadjacent; intersecondaries present, simple; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin RR, percurrent, straight to sinuous sometime branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and nearly distant.