Two new fossil woods from the early Miocene of Kutch, Gujarat, India and their significance

Autor:	Mahesh G. Thakkar, Anumeha Shukla, Rakesh C. Mehrotra, Nivedita Mandal
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Deciduous Ecology Period (geology) Climate change Evergreen Mangrove General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Monsoon Cenozoic Arid Geology
Zdroj:	Historical Biology. 27:970-977
ISSN:	1029-2381 0891-2963
DOI:	10.1080/08912963.2014.917088
Popis:	The Kutch region of western India (Gujarat State) is today arid to semiarid and characterised by mostly ephemeral streams which carry water during the monsoon. The uneven distribution of rainfall and disturbed topography are the result of climate change during the Cenozoic period. Two fossil woods, namely Bauhinium palaeomalabaricum Prakash and Prasad (Fabaceae) and Ebenoxylon indicum Ghosh and Kazmi (Ebenaceae), are described from Kutch in order to provide insights into the palaeovegetation and palaeoclimate. Because the modern representatives of the present and previously described taxa from the same horizon are thermophilic in nature and grow in evergreen to deciduous forests, a warm and humid climate is interpreted. Furthermore, the finding of some mangrove taxa in the assemblage indicates the lagoonal to intertidal environment at the time of deposition.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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