An araucarian fossil wood from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaon Kalan

R.N. Lakhanpal; U. Prakash; M.B. Bande

doi:10.54991/jop.1975.978

Authors

R.N. Lakhanpal Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
U. Prakash Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
M.B. Bande Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53, University Road, Lucknow 226007, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1975.978

Abstract

A fossil gymnospermous wood with araucarian affinities has been described from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaon Kalan in Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh. This fossil provides further evidence in support of the presence of Araucariaceae in the Deccan Intertrappean flora.

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