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Leguminocarpon saracoides
Leguminocarpon saracoides Anum. Shukla, R.C. Mehrotra Curr. Sci., 111(3): 465. 10 Aug 2016
- Name
- Leguminocarpon saracoides
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Leguminocarpon
- Authors (Pub.)
- Shukla A.
Mehrotra R. C.
- Publication
- Early Eocene (~50 m. y.) legume fruits from Rajasthan [2016/8]
- Journal
- Current Science
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 465
- Year
- 2016
- Fossil Status
- fruits
- Stratigraphy
- Ypresian
- Strat. comment
- Palana Formation
- Location
- Gurha lignite mine (27.87398N,72.86709E), ~75 km WSW of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 40815
- Diagnosis
- Fruit legume, flat, chartaceousin texture, slightly curved, symmetrical, indehiscent, elliptic in shape; preserved length 4.9 cm, width 2.8 cm; thickness of dorsal and ventral margin 2.0 and 0.5 mm respectively; apex acute; base acute; surface with regular, parallel to reticulate, fine wavy veinlets arising at 90; septa absent.
