New legume fruits from the oligocene sediments of Assam |
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| Authors: | Gaurav Srivastava R C Mehrotra |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Mining Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa, 769008, India;(2) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India |
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| Abstract: | For the first time a rich assemblage of legume fruits is described from the Late Oligocene sediments of the Makum as well
as Dilli-Jeypore coalfields of Assam. A new genus Buteocarpon has been instituted for the fossil fruits resembling Butea Roxb. of the family Fabaceae. In addition, six new species of the genus Leguminocarpon Goeppert are also described. Their presence indicates a warm and humid climate in the region during the deposition of the
sediments. |
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