A fossil wood of Sonneratia from the Tertiary of South India

N. Awasthi

doi:10.54991/jop.1968.800

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N. Awasthi Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1968.800

Abstract

A fossil dicotyledonous wood from the Cuddalore Series (Middle Tertiary) of South India is described. Anatomically, it is very similar to the modern wood of Sonneratia Lin. especially with S. apetala Ham. and has been named as Sonneratioxylon preapetala sp. nov.

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