Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: Study on the plant megafossils comprising well preserved leaves from the Siwalik sediments of Bardiya and Surkhet area in the Himalayan foot-hills of Far Western Nepal has been done. The leaf-impressions described here represent the first collection from the Siwalik sediments of Babai and Surkhet valleys. The leaves show closest affinity with six extant taxa belonging to the families Poaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Ampelidaceae, Myrsinaceae and Ebenaceae. The present day distribution of their modern equivalent taxa indicates a phytogeographical link between Nepal and the South East Asian countries during the Siwalik Period. The physiognomic characters of the fossil leaves and the habit and habitat of the extant comparable taxa suggest that a warm humid climate with plenty of rainfall prevailed in this region during the deposition of Siwalik sediments.
Source: The Palaeobotanist
Authors: M. Prasad wPrasad, U.M.S. Pradhan
Institutions: Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Government of Nepal
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4297812879