TY - JOUR AU - Paudayal, Khum AU - Paudel, Lalu AU - Uhl, Dieter PY - 2016/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A new occurrence of silicified wood from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Kagbeni Formation of north central Nepal JF - Journal of Palaeosciences JA - JPS VL - 65 IS - (1-2) SE - Research Articles DO - 10.54991/jop.2016.299 UR - https://www.jpsonline.co.in/index.php/jop/article/view/299 SP - 61-66 AB - <p>During recent fieldwork a second occurrence of silicified wood has been discovered from the Early Cretaceous Kagbeni Formation of north central Nepal. The wood exhibits anatomical features which are well in accordance with <em>Araucarioxylon nepalense </em>described from another locality in the Kagbeni Formation near Kagbeni in the Thakkhola Valley in central Nepal. It is a pycnoxylic wood with mostly uniseriate and rarely biseriate bordered pits on radial tracheid walls. According to recent taxonomic opinions this type of wood should not be treated as <em>Araucarioxylon</em>, but as <em>Agathoxylon </em>Hartig. Thus, we propose the name <em>Agathoxylon nepalense </em>comb. nov. for this type of wood. The sandstones of the Kagbeni Formation have been interpreted as delta–deposits, with a major flow direction from the south. This suggests that the wood originated from the northern margin of Gondwana (i.e. the Indian Plate).</p> ER -