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Perculticutis indicus
Perculticutis indicus R. Tewari, Mand., R.C. Mehrotra J. Appl. Biosci., 31(2): 94. Dec 2005
- Name
- Perculticutis indicus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Perculticutis
- 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
- 94
- 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, rectanguloid to irregular, arranged irregularly, 20-50
x 17.5-25 um in size; anticlinal walls sinuous, knobbed, 0.5 um wide, surface walls papillate, surface of majority of cells showing median rounded to dome shaped thick-walled single papilla measuring 10 x 5-10 um in size, walls of papillae 0.5 um wide; trichomes and stomata absent.
