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Distetracutis oligocenicus
Distetracutis oligocenicus R. Tewari, Mand., R.C. Mehrotra J. Appl. Biosci., 31(2): 102. Dec 2005
- Name
- Distetracutis oligocenicus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Distetracutis
- Authors (Pub.)
- Tewari R.
Mandaokar B. D.
Mehrotra R. C.
- Publication
- Fossil cuticles from the Oligocene sediments of northeast India [2005/12]
- Journal
- Journal of applied bioscience
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 2
- Page number
- 102
- Year
- 2005
- Fossil Status
- leaves (cuticles)
- Stratigraphy
- Chattian
- Strat. comment
- Tikak Parbat Formation
- Location
- Jeypore Colliery, Sibsagar District, Assam, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- Slide No. BSIP 12995
- Diagnosis
- Cells undifferentiated, polygonal to variouly shaped, arranged irregularly, 7.5-22.5 x 5-20 um in size; anticlinal walls of cells straight to slightly undulate, 0.5-2.5 um wide, surface walls smooth; stomata oval to rectanguloid, mostly
tetracytic, occasionally anomocytic, superficial, irreguiar in distribution and orientation, 20 x 15-20 um in size, guard cells 20 x 5-7.5 um in size, stomatal
slit linear, 12.5 x 0.5 um in size, stomatal index 13.
