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A new species of petrified palm wood has been described from the Deccan Intertrappean beds near Mohgaon Kalan area, Madhya Pradesh. It differs from all the other known Indian fossil palms in some important characters and has been designatedPalmoxylon sahnii. It can be referred to theMauritia section of petrified palms.
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Communicated by Prof. L. Narayana Rao,f.a.sc.
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Menon, V.K. A new species ofPalmoxylon from the deccan intertrappean beds. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 59, 77–87 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03052391
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