Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Annonaceae
Full reference: J. S. Antal and N. Awasthi. 1993. Fossil flora from the Himalayan foot-hills of Darjeeling District, West Bengal and its palaeoecological and phytogeographical significance. The Palaeobotanist 42(1):14-60
Belongs to Mitrephora according to M. Prasad 2008
See also Antal and Awasthi 1993 and Prasad and Tripathi 2000
Sister taxon: Mitrephora miocenica
Type specimen: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, BSIP 36910. Its type locality is Left bank of Ramthi River, Oodlabari, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene fluvial shale in India.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of India (2 collections), Nepal (1)
• Miocene of Bhutan (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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