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- Title
First megafossil evidence of Cyatheaceous tree fern from the Indian Cenozoic.
- Authors
Bera, Subir; Gupta, Sudha; Khan, Mahasin; De, Aniruddha; Mukhopadhyay, Radhanath
- Abstract
A part of the compressed tree fern axis with leaf and adventitious root scars in unusual arrangement from Plio-Pleistocene sediments of Arunachal Pradesh, India is described as Cyathea siwalika sp. nov. This record suggests that Cyathea was an important component of tropical evergreen forest in the area during the Plio-Pleistocene and this group subsequently declined in importance within the local vegetation.
- Subjects
INDIA; TREE ferns; CENOZOIC Era; PLEISTOCENE Epoch; FORESTS &; forestry; TROPICAL forests
- Publication
Journal of Earth System Science, 2014, Vol 123, Issue 6, p1433
- ISSN
0253-4126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12040-014-0460-x