Fossil leaves of Dipterocarpus from the Lower Siwalik beds near Jawalamukhi, Himachal Pradesh

R.N. Lakhanpal; J.S. Guleria

doi:10.54991/jop.1986.1539

Fossil leaves of Dipterocarpus from the Lower Siwalik beds near Jawalamukhi, Himachal Pradesh

Authors

R.N. Lakhanpal Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
J.S. Guleria Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1986.1539

Keywords:

Megafossil, Fossil leaves, Dipterocarpus, Lower Siwalik, Middle Miocene (India)

Abstract

Leaf impressions resembling those of the modern Dipterocarpus turbinatus Gaertn. f. and D. tuberculatus Roxb., have been described from the Lower Siwalik beds of Balu-Goloa, near Jawalamukhi (Himachal Pradesh) as Dipterocarpus siwalicus sp. nov. Their occurrence indicates that a moist tropical forest was growing near Jawalamukhi during the Middle Miocene times.

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Published

1986-12-31

How to Cite

Lakhanpal, R., & Guleria, J. (1986). Fossil leaves of Dipterocarpus from the Lower Siwalik beds near Jawalamukhi, Himachal Pradesh. Journal of Palaeosciences, 35((1-3), 258–262. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1986.1539