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Buteocarpon oligocenicum
Buteocarpon oligocenicum G. Srivast., R.C. Mehrotra J. Geol. Soc. India, 75: 821. Jun 2010
- Name
- Buteocarpon oligocenicum
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Buteocarpon
- 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
- 821
- 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 39581
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 39583
- Diagnosis
- Fruit legume, flat, appearing chartaceous in texture, unilocular, straight to curved, symmetrical, indehiscent; preserved length 3.3-11.03 cm; width 2.7-
3.64 cm; dorsal margin concave to convex, 2.46 mm thick; ventral margin convex to straight and 1.74-2.05 mm in thickness; apex attenuate, base broken; fine veinlets present; seed absent.
