Cupania oodlabariensis

Name

Cupania oodlabariensis

Rank

Species

Generic Name

[Genus] Cupania

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

40

Year

2015

Fossil Status

leaves

Stratigraphy

Tortonian

Strat. comment

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

Location

Sevok Road Section, Oodlabari area, Darjeeling District, West Bengal, India

Paleoregion

Eurasia (Indostan)

Data for Holotypus

Repository

Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Repository Number

40352

Num

11: 3, 5

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, elliptic; preserved size 10.3 x 4.2 cm; apex broken; base narrow acute; margin entire; texture chartaceous; venation pinnate, eucamptodromous; primary vein single, prominent, almost straight, stout; secondary veins 5–6 pairs visible, 1.4 to 2.3 cm apart, alternate to opposite, seemingly unbranched, angle of divergence (40°–75°), narrow acute to right angle, curved up with marked curvature and joined with superadjacent secondaries at right angle; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin, RR, percurrent, straight to sinuous, branched, acute to right angle in relation to midvein, alternate to opposite and close; quaternary veins still fine, angle of origin usually RR, branched forming usually orthogonal to polygonal meshes.