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Leguminophyllum kasauliense
Leguminophyllum kasauliense Guleria, R. Srivast. Himalayan Geol., 21(1-2): 46. Jan 2000
- Name
- Leguminophyllum kasauliense
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- kasauliensis
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Leguminophyllum
- Authors (Pub.)
- Guleria J. S.
Srivastava R.
- Publication
- Some fossil leaves from the Kasauli Formation of Himachal Pradesh, North-West India [2000/1]
- Journal
- Himalayan geology
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1-2
- Page number
- 46
- Year
- 2000
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Kasauli Formation
- Location
- Near Daghota on Kalka-Shimla road, Himachal Pradesh, North-West India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP Museum no. 38040 and its counterpart
- Diagnosis
- Leaflet asymmetrical, oblong, 1-0 to 1.2 cm
long, 4 mm wide, apex acute; base cordate, oblique; margin
entire; texture seemingly chartaceous; petiolule very small;
venation pinnate, primary vein single, stout, slightly curved
towards apex, secondaries rarely seen, faint, angle of
divergence acute, tertiary and higher order venation not
preserved.