Fossil woods resembling Saraca indica L. and Ougenia dalbergioides Benth. from the Mio-Pliocene of West Bengal, India

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Published: 30.06.1996
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1996.06.01.08
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Fossils, Ougenioxylon bengalensis, Saracoxylon indicum

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S. K. Roy
Botany Department, Burdwan University, Burdwan - 713 104, India
Shampa Mukhopadhyay
Botany Department, Burdwan University, Burdwan - 713 104, India

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Two permineralized fossil woods viz., Saracoxylon indicum gen. et sp. nov. and Ougenioxylon bengalensis sp. nov. are discribed for the first time from Mio-Plio cene formations of Burdwan and Birbhum Districts of West Bengal, India. The fossil wood resembling Ougenia was previously reported from the Tertiary of Assam; the occurrence of fossil wood resembling Saraca indica from the Indian Tertiary is a new record. 

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (1996): Rheedea Palaeobotany Special Issue

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Roy , S. K., & Mukhopadhyay , S. (1996). Fossil woods resembling Saraca indica L. and Ougenia dalbergioides Benth. from the Mio-Pliocene of West Bengal, India. Rheedea, 6(1), 93-101. https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.1996.06.01.08