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Saurauia eocenica
Saurauia eocenica Huk. Singh, Mah. Prasad, Wappler J. Palaeontol. Soc. India, 64(2): 186. 1 Dec 2019
- Name
- Saurauia eocenica
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Saurauia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Singh H.
Prasad M.
Wappler T.
- Publication
- An Early Eocene floral assemblage from the Cambay Shale (Tarkeshwar Lignite Mine) Formation, Gujarat: palaeoclimatic and phytogeographical implications [2019/12]
- Journal
- Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 186
- Year
- 2019
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Cambay Shale Formation
- Location
- Tarkeshwar Lignite Mine, District Surat, Gujrat, western India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP Museum 40791
- Diagnosis
- Leaf simple; symmetrical; wide ovate; size 17.5x6.8cm; apex acute; margin entire; venation pinnate, brochidodromous; primary vein moderately thick; secondary veins 17-18 pairs visible, alternate to opposite, secondaries uniformly curved up and joined their super secondaries towards the margin, angle of divergence moderately acute; tertiary veins with angle of origin AR-RR, percurrent, predominantly opposite and close.
