Back
Leguminocarpon barailense
Leguminocarpon barailense G. Srivast., R.C. Mehrotra J. Geol. Soc. India, 75: 823. Jun 2010
- Name
- Leguminocarpon barailense
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- barailensis
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Leguminocarpon
- 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 39578
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
- Repository Number
- BSIP 39579
- Diagnosis
- Fruit legume, flat, unilocular, symmetrical, indehiscent; preserved length ranging from 6.18 to 7.9 cm; maximum width about 3.2 cm; thickness of dorsal and ventral margins varying 2.47-2.68 mm and 1.63-1.72 mm
respectively; tip acute; septa absent; a constriction observed in the middle; seed not preserved; veinlets absent.
