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Leguminocarpon dilcheri
Leguminocarpon dilcheri G. Srivast., R.C. Mehrotra J. Geol. Soc. India, 75: 825. Jun 2010
- Name
- Leguminocarpon dilcheri
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Leguminocarpon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Srivastava G.
Mehrotra R. C.
- Publication
- New legume fruits from the Oligocene sediments of Assam [2010/6]
- Journal
- Journal of the Geological Society of India
- Volume
- 75
- Page number
- 825
- Year
- 2010
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Chattian
- Strat. comment
- Tikak Parbat Formation
- Location
- Tirap colliery of the Makum coalfield, Tinsukia district, Assam, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 39582
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 39587
- Diagnosis
- Fruit legume, flat, unilocular, straight, symmetrical, indehiscent; maximum preserved length 13.4 cm; width up to 2.8 cm; oblong in shape; width of
dorsal and ventral margins ranging 0.80-1.48 mm and 0.87-1.62 mm respectively; a beak like structure present at both the ends; pedicel 3.0 cm in length; septa absent; a constriction seen in the middle; seed absent; veinlets present, oblique.
