Phyllanthinium bangalamodense : A new species of fossil Euphorbiaceous wood from the "Cuddalore series" of India

G.K.B. Navale

doi:10.54991/jop.1960.591

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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.1960.591

Abstract

The anatomy of a petrified dicotyledonous wood is described from the Tertiary rocks of the Cuddalore series, South India. The fossil specimen shows close resemblances with the woods of the Phyllanthoidae group of Euphorbiaceae.

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