Some more leaf- impressions from the Lower Siwalik sediments of Kollabas, Nepal

Mahesh Prasad

doi:10.54991/jop.1988.1627

Authors

Mahesh Prasad Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1988.1627

Keywords:

Leaf-impressions, Dipterocarpus, Albizia, Millettia, Ormosia, Lower Siwalik, Miocene (Nepal)

Abstract

Four species of leaf-impressions are described from the Lower Siwalik sediments of Koilabas, Nepal. They are: Dipterocarpus siwalicus Lakhanpal & Guleria of Dipterocarpaceae and Albizia siwalica sp. nov., Millettia koilabasensis sp. nov., and Ormosia robustoides sp. nov. of Fabaceae.

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