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Acanthaceocarpon jamsavlii
Acanthaceocarpon jamsavlii A.M. Yadav Int. J. Res. Analyt. Rev., 5(4): 710. Oct - Dec 2018
- Name
- Acanthaceocarpon jamsavlii
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Acanthaceocarpon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Yadav A. M.
- Publication
- A new petrified bilocular capsular fruit Acanthaceocarpon jamsavlii gen. et sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Jamsavli M.P., India [2018/10-12]
- Journal
- International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 710
- Year
- 2018
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Maastrichtian
- Strat. comment
- Deccan Intertrappean
- Location
- Jamsavli (Lat 21°, 30 to 22°, 55 N and Long 78°, 15 to 79°, 20 E), Madhya Pradesh state, India
- Paleoregion
- Gondwana (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, J.M. Patel College, Bhandara, India
- Repository Number
- AMY. / Fruit-1
- Diagnosis
- Fruit triangular in shape, sessile and measures 288µm in length and 108µm in breadth. It is bilocular capsule showing loculicidal dehiscence. Fruit is separated by single transverse septa. The upper locule is broad and lower locule narrow with single transverse septa in between giving the triangle shaped structure to the fruit. Upper locule is sterile measure about 66µm in height and lower locule is fertile measured about 228µm in height. Pericarp differentiated into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. Epicarp 66.66µm across its width, mesocarp 133.32µm across its width, and endocarp 99.99µm across its width. Seed coat not differentiated into testa and tegmen, embryo ill preserved.
