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Mezoneuron siwalicum
Mezoneuron siwalicum Mah. Prasad, Alok, S.M. Pandey, Shashi Phytomorphology, 75(1–2): 14. 2025
- Name
- Mezoneuron siwalicum
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- siwalica
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Mezoneuron
- Authors (Pub.)
- Prasad M.
Alok
Pandey S. M.
Shashi
- Publication
- Fabaceous macro fossils from Siwalik foreland basin of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, India and their phytogeographic and climatic implications [2025]
- Journal
- Phytomorphology
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 1–2
- Page number
- 14
- Year
- 2025
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Miocene
- Strat. comment
- Middle Siwalik Formation; Upper Miocene
- Location
- Kandapatten (31º48.411'N76º46.094' E about 4 km from Dharampur on Sarkaghat-Joginder Nagar Road, Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP Museum 41262
- Diagnosis
- Leaf compound asymmetrical; maximum length 1.8 cm and maximum width 1.3 cm; wide obovate, apex rounded; base acute in equilateral; margin entire; venation pinnate; eucamptodromous; primary vein, stout; secondary vein 8 pairs, less than 0.4 cm apart, angle of divergence (60°-65°); inter secondaries present; tertiary veins fine, angle of origin usually RR, per current, oblique about mid vein and close.
