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Fig leaf from the Middle Siwalik sediments of eastern Nepal with implication on biogeography and palaeoclimate

Published:2024-06 Issue:1 Volume:69 Page:64-79
ISSN:0552-9360
Container-title:Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India

Author:

Adhikari Purushottam¹²^ORCID,Bhatia Harshita³⁴,Khatri Dhan Bahadur⁵⁶^ORCID,Sadanand ³⁴,Srivastava Gaurav³⁴,Mehrotra R. C.³,Paudayal Khum N.¹

Affiliation:

1. Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

2. Department of Geology, Birendra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal

3. Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

4. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

5. State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Abstract

The Siwalik flora is important in understanding the orogeny of the Himalayas and the resulting climate change. Though the fossil records from the eastern Himalayan Siwalik of Nepal are sparse, we report a fossil leaf impression/ compression of Ficus precunea Lakhanpal from the Middle Siwalik (upper Miocene–lower Pliocene) sediments of eastern Nepal. The characteristic leaf venation pattern and morphological details suggest its strong affinity with the extant species of F. semicordata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. The fossil assemblage indicates the presence of seasonal forests during the depositional period in the region.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/05529360241258246

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