Ventilago miocalyculata Prasad et al. 2017 (buckthorn)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae

Full reference: M. Prasad, A. K. Kannaujia, S. Kumar and S. K. Singh. 2017. Middle Miocene flora from Siwalik foreland basin of Uttarakhand, India and its phytogeographic and palaeoclimatic implications. The Palaeobotanist 66:223-312

Belongs to Ventilago according to M. Prasad et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Ventilago ovatus, Ventilago tistaensis

Type specimen: BSIP Museum No. 41318, a leaf. Its type locality is Hanuman Chatti, Purniyagiri Road Locality 1, which is in a Miocene fluvial claystone in the Lower Formation of India.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Hanuman Chatti, Purniyagiri Road Locality 1

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