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Atalantia palaeomonophylla
Atalantia palaeomonophylla R.C. Mehrotra Palaeobotanist, 49(2): 229. Aug 2000
- Name
- Atalantia palaeomonophylla
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Atalantia
- Authors (Pub.)
- Mehrotra R. C.
- Publication
- Study of plant megafossils from the Tura Formation of Nangwalbibra, Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India [2000/8]
- Journal
- Palaeobotanist
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 229
- Year
- 2000
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Tura Formation
- Location
- Nangwalbibra near Williamnagar, East Garo Hills District, Meghalaya, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 38088
- Diagnosis
- Leaf narrow ovate, symmetrical; base obtuse, normal; margin entire; texture membranaceous; venation brochidodromous; primary vein stout, straight; secondary veins alternate. angle of divergence moderately acute, uniform,
abruptly curved to form loops, moderately thick; intersecondaries frequently present, simple to composite; tertiary veins random reticulate.
