Ventilago ovatus Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999 (buckthorn)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae

Full reference: M. Konomatsu and N. Awasthi. 1999. Plant fossils from Arung Khola and Binai Khola Formations of Churia Group (Siwalik), west central Nepal and their palaeoecological and phytogeographical significance. The Palaeobotanist 48:163-181

Belongs to Ventilago according to M. Prasad 2008

See also Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999

Sister taxa: Ventilago miocalyculata, Ventilago tistaensis

Type specimen: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, BSIP 37689. Its type locality is Mahendra Highway between Barghat and Dumkibas, which is in a Miocene fluvial sandstone/mudstone in the Binai Khola Formation of Nepal.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Mahendra Highway between Barghat and Dumkibas

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