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A fossil wood resembling Shorea and other allied genera of the Dipterocarpaceae is described from the Tipam Group of Manipur. This is for the first time any angiosperm wood is recorded from this state. The fossil collected from Jiribam district is considered as late Miocene in age. Its occurrence indicates warm and humid climate in the region during the deposition of the sediments.
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Rajkumar, H.S., Srivastava, G., Mehrotra, R.C. et al. First report of a dipterocarpaceous fossil wood from Manipur. J Geol Soc India 89, 321–324 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-017-0606-y
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