New fossil Coniferous woods from the Rajmahal Hills, Bihar, India

R. Krausel; K.P. Jain

doi:10.54991/jop.1963.643

Authors

R. Krausel Forschungs Institnt und Natur Museum, Senckenberg, Frankfurt a. M. Germany
K.P. Jain Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1963.643

Abstract

Three Jurassic conifer woods from the Rajmahal hills, Bihar are described as Circoporoxylon amarjolense n. sp., Dadoxylon agathioides n. sp., and Taxaceoxylon n. gen. Taxaceoxylon sp. cf. rajmahalense (BHARDWAJ) Krausel & Jain.

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