A petrified Livistona-like Palm Stem, Palmoxylon Livistonoides sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India

Authors

  • U. Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
  • K. Ambwani Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1977.1073

Keywords:

Petrified palm stem, Palmoxylon, Eocene, Deccan Intertrappean beds (India)

Abstract

Palmoxylon livistonoides sp. nov., a fossil palm stem showing close affinities with the extant genus Livistona is described here from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Nawargaon in Wardha District, Maharashtra.

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1980-12-31

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Prakash, U., & Ambwani, K. (1980). A petrified Livistona-like Palm Stem, Palmoxylon Livistonoides sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India. Journal of Palaeosciences, 26((1-3), 297–306. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1977.1073

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Vol. 26 No. (1-3) (1977): The Palaeobotanist

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