Late Cenozoic plant-impressions from Mahuadanr valley, Palamu District, Bihar

M.B. Bande; G.P. Srivastava

doi:10.54991/jop.1988.1632

Authors

M.B. Bande Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
G.P. Srivastava Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1988.1632

Keywords:

Megafossils, Plant-impressions, Dicotyledons, Late Cenozoic, India

Abstract

Impressions of leaves, fruits and a flower have been described from the Late Cenozoic beds from near Mahuadanr, Palamu District, Bihar. The assemblage consists of 25 species belonging to 22 genera and 16 families of the dicotyledons. Family Asclepiadaceae and the genera Spondias, Erythrina, Combretum, Mitragyna, Alstonia and Cryptolepis have been described for the first time from the Cenozoic of India. The data have been used to decipher the palaeoecology and depositional environment of the region. A comparison of this flora with other Neogene floras of India has also been made.