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Sloanea siwalika
Sloanea siwalika Sand. More, Rit, M.A. Khan, Paruya, Taral, T. Chakr., S. Bera J. Geol. Soc. India, 91(3): 302. 21 Mar 2018
- Name
- Sloanea siwalika
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Sloanea
- Authors (Pub.)
- More S.
Rit R.
Khan M. A.
Paruya D. K.
Taral S.
Chakraborty T.
Bera S.
- Publication
- Record of leaf and pollen cf. Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) from the Middle Siwalik of Darjeeling Sub-Himalaya, India and its palaeobiogeographic implications [2018/3]
- Journal
- Journal of the Geological Society of India
- Volume
- 91
- Issue
- 3
- Page number
- 302
- Year
- 2018
- Fossil Status
- leaves
- Stratigraphy
- Pliocene
- Strat. comment
- Middle part of the Siwalik succession (Geabdat Sandstone)
- Location
- River cutting sections of Churanthi River (26°53'59.3" N, 88°34' 17.2" E), Darjeeling foothill region, state of West Bengal, eastern Himalaya, India
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Indostan)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/CH/1
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Botany Department, University of Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Repository Number
- CUH/PPL/CH/2
- Diagnosis
- Leaf elliptic-lanceolate, 8.9-9.2 cm long, 3.6-3.8 cm wide, base narrow acute, margin sub-entire to entire, irregularly undulate, minutely dentate; venation eucamptodromous to brochidodromous, secondary veins alternate with acute angle of divergence, joined to super adjacent secondaries at a nearly obtuse angle; inter secondary veins present.
