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Walsura tarkeshwarensis
Walsura tarkeshwarensis Huk. Singh, Mah. Prasad, Wappler J. Palaeontol. Soc. India, 64(2): 192. 1 Dec 2019
- Name
- Walsura tarkeshwarensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Walsura
- 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
- 192
- Year
- 2019
- Fossil Status
- stems (wood)
- 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 40798
- Diagnosis
- Wood diffuse porous. Growth ring distinct due to presence of terminal parenchyma. Vessels usually small to medium sized, t.d. 40–125μm, r.d. 45–140μm, solitary as well as in radial multiples of 2–4, circular to oval, evenly distributed, pits bordered. Parenchyma terminal and apotracheal in 1–4 seriate, wavy bands. Xylem rays 1–3 (4) seriate, heterogeneous. Fibres libriform, 8–12μm in diameter.
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