Pseuduvaria mioreticulata

Name

Pseuduvaria mioreticulata

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Pseuduvaria

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

19

Year

2015

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Tortonian

Strat. comment

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

Location

Ghish 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

40320

Num

1: 4, 5

Descr.

incorrectly labelled at the tables as a 'paratype'

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

40321 [pl. 2: 1], 40322

Num

2: 1

Descr.

incorrectly labelled at the tables as a 'holotype' [pl. 2: 1]

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; narrow elliptic; preserved size 20.0 x 4.5 cm, 9.0 x 5.1 cm and 20.5 x 6.2 cm; apex seemingly acute; base acute, normal; margin entire; texture thick chartaceous; petiole present, 1.5–2.0 cm long; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein single, almost straight, prominent, stout; secondary veins 9 to 10 pairs visible, 0.8 to 1.7 cm apart usually alternate, unbranched, angle of divergence (50°–65º), moderately acute, lower secondary veins are less acute than upper one; intersecondaries are present, simple; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin usually RR, percurrent, straight to sinuous, branched, oblique in relation to midvein, predominantly alternate and close.