A fossil fan from the Liyan formation of Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir)

R.N. Lakhanpal; Gyan Prakash; J.L. Thussu; J.S. Guleria

doi:10.54991/jop.1983.1721

A fossil fan from the Liyan formation of Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir)

Authors

R.N. Lakhanpal Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
Gyan Prakash Geothermal Division, Geological Survey of India, Nagpur, India
J.L. Thussu Geothermal Division, Geological Survey of India, Nagpur, India
J.S. Guleria Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1983.1721

Keywords:

Megafossil, Trachycarpus, Liyan Formation, Miocene (India)

Abstract

A fossil palm based on truly palmate leaves is described from the Liyan Formation (Miocene) of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. It has been identified with the genus Trachycarpus H. Wendl. and assigned to a new species, T. ladakhensis. It is the first megafossil record of a member of the temperate element which seems to have entered the Himalayas during the Miocene from the mainland of Asia in the north.

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Published

1983-12-31

How to Cite

Lakhanpal, R., Prakash, G., Thussu, J., & Guleria, J. (1983). A fossil fan from the Liyan formation of Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir). Journal of Palaeosciences, 31((1-3), 201–207. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1983.1721