Fossil woods of Leguminosae and Anacardiaceae from the Tertiary of Assam

U. Prakash; P.P. Tripathi

doi:10.54991/jop.1968.535

Authors

U. Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
P.P. Tripathi Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.535

Abstract

Three fossil woods from the Tertiary of Assam are described here. One, resembling the modern wood of Lannea, is from a road cutting at mile-stone 9 on Dimapur-Diphu road in Mikir Hills, and the others comparable with Adenanthera and Swintonia are from near the town of Hailakandi (24°26'N; 92°32'E) in district Cachar. Recently, these have been briefly described by us (Prakash & Tripathi, 1967, 1968).

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