Fossil Dicotyledonous woods from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mandla District in Madhya Pradesh

R.N. Lakhanpal; U. Prakash; M.B. Bande

doi:10.54991/jop.1976.1010

Authors

R.N. Lakhanpal Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
U. Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
M.B. Bande Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1976.1010

Abstract

Fossil woods of Sterculioxylon deccanensis sp. nov., Grewioxylon sp. cf., G. mahurzariense Prakash & Dayal, Elaeocarpoxylon mandlaensis sp. nov. and Atalantioxylon indicum gen. et sp. novo have been described here from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mandla District in Madhya Pradesh. These represent the extant genera Sterculia, Grewia, Elaeocarpus-Echinocarpus and Atalantia-Limonia of the families Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae, Elaeocarpaceae and Rutaceae respectively. Of these, Sterculia and Atalantia-Limonia are new additions to the Palaeogene flora of India.

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