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Buteocarpon awasthii
Buteocarpon awasthii G. Srivast., R.C. Mehrotra J. Geol. Soc. India, 75: 823. Jun 2010
- Name
- Buteocarpon awasthii
- 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
- 823
- 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 39584
- Diagnosis
- Fruit legume, flat, unilocular, straight; preserved length 10.1 cm; width 3.29 cm; oblong with thin ventral and dorsal sutures; thickness of ventral and dorsal sutures 1.48 mm and 2.61 mm respectively; apex acute due to convex dorsal margin and concave ventral margin; base broken; septation absent; dorsal margin in the middle slightly compressed; surface with numerous oblique veinlets oriented towards apex.
