PJB-2017-152
A NEW PETRIFIED WOOD MILLETTIOXYLON SINDHIENSIS SP. NOV. (FABACEAE) FROM THANOBOLA KHAN, SINDH, PAKISTAN
NOOR-UL-AIN SOOMRO, BASIR AHMED ARAIN, TAHIR RAJPUT AND SYEDA SALEHA HASSANEY
Abstract
A petrified fossil wood collected from Manchar Formation of Miocene age exposed in Thanobola Khan Sindh Pakistan is described as a new fossil wood species belonging to family Febaceae. Thin sectionsof fossil wood were prepared by standard ground thin section techniques. All xylotomical attribute revealed from the microscopic studies were used to compare with modern wood and already reported fossil woods. The sample was found comparable with family Fabaceae and with genus Mellitia in respect of character of small sized vessels, banded Parenchyma and uniseriate xylem rays. The new taxon is described as Mellitioxylon sindhiensis sp.nov. the specific epithet refers to the Sindh province of Pakistan from where fossil wood was collected.
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