Contributions to the deccan intertrappean flora of Nawargaon, Wardha District, Maharashtra, India

E.G. Khare; Mahesh Prasad; N. Awasthi

doi:10.54991/jop.2000.159

Authors

E.G. Khare Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
Mahesh Prasad Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
N. Awasthi Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2000.159

Keywords:

Petrified woods, Xylotomy, Dicotyledon, Deccan Intenrappean beds, Early Tertiary, Palaeoclimate, Nawargaon, Maharashtra (India)

Abstract

Eight fossil wood species are described from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Nawargaon, Wardha District, Maharashtra. India. The fossil flora, so far, recovered from the Nawargaon area indicates that tropical evergreen forests with some moist deciduous plants were nourishing around Nawargaon area in Central India during Early Tertiary in contrast to mixed deciduous type of present day forest. The habit and habitat of the modem comparable taxa suggest prevalence of tropical humid climate in the area during Early-Tertiary.