Occurrence of Araucarian wood from the Neogene of West Bengal, India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1984.1383Keywords:
Xylotomy, Araucariaceae, Araucarioxylon, Neogene, IndiaAbstract
Fossil wood of Araucariaceae is described from the Miocene beds of Bolpur near Santiniketan in West Bengal. The wood shows mostly biseriate, alternate and contiguous hexagonal pits on the tracheidal walls. This finding forms the first record of Araucariaceae in the Neogene of India.