On two new species of Terminalioxylon schonfeld from the Tertiary beds of South India

G.K.B. Navale

doi:10.54991/jop.1955.467

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G.K.B. Navale Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1955.467

Abstract

The paper describes the anatomical details of two new species of Terminalioxylon, T. mortandrense and T. Sahnii, collected from the Tertiary beds of South Arcot. The structure of these fossil woods shows close resemblances with those of the living genus Terminalia.

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