Fossil leaf impressions from Siwalik sediments of Himalayan foot hills of Uttaranchal, India and their significance

Authors

  • S.M. Pandey Shashi Department of Botany, M.L.K. Post Graduate College. Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. India
  • P.P. Tripathi Department of Botany, M.L.K. Post Graduate College. Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh. India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2006.97

Keywords:

Angiospermous leaf impression, Morphotaxonomy, Palaeoclimate, Siwalik (Middle Miocene), Uttaranchal

Abstract

Morphotaxonomical study of well-preserved angiospermous leaf impressions collected from Siwalik sediments of Purniyagiri near Tanakpur, Uttaranchal records five species viz., Mitrephora siwalika Antal & Awasthi, Sterculia tertiara sp. nov., Millettia purniyagiriensis sp. nov., Cynometra siwalika Awasthi & Prasad and Chonemorpha miocenica Prasad & Awasthi. These species compare with the extant taxa Mitrephora maingayi (Anonaceae), Sterculia ensifolia (Sterculiaceae), Millettia auriculata, Cynometra polyandra (Fabaceae) and Chonemorpha macrophylla (Apocynaceae) respectively. The habit, habitat and the present day distribution of the comparable extant taxa indicate that tropical evergreen forest was flourishing under warm humid climate in the area during the Siwalik times as compared to mixed deciduous forest there at present.

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Published

2006-12-31

How to Cite

Shashi, S. P., & Tripathi, P. (2006). Fossil leaf impressions from Siwalik sediments of Himalayan foot hills of Uttaranchal, India and their significance. Journal of Palaeosciences, 55((1-3), 77–87. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2006.97

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