Further occurrence of fossil woods from the Lower Siwalik beds of Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

Five taxa of fossil woods are described in detail from the Lower Siwalik beds of Kalagarh in Bijnor District. These are Dipterocarpoxylon surangei sp. nov., Dracontomelumoxylon mangiferumoides Ghosh & Roy, Hopeoxylon eosiamensis sp. nov., Terminalioxylon palaeomanii sp. nov., and Ebenoxylon siwalicus sp. nov. resembling the extant genera Dipterocarpus, Dracontomelum, Sindora, Terminalia and Diospyros respectively. All these taxa indicate a more humid climate in the Himalayan foot-hills during the Lower Siwalik period.